Building stormwater resilience on St Vincent Street

A seven-month stormwater upgrade project starts on St Vincent Street on Monday April 17 2023.

The project involves installing 1.8m diameter stormwater pipes in St Vincent Street between its intersection with Halifax Street and Hastings Street.

Group Manager Infrastructure Alec Louverdis says the project is similar in scope to the stormwater upgrade just completed on Rutherford Street. 

“When the upgrade is completed this area will benefit from substantially better resilience to heavy rain events, which will provide extra security to local businesses and residents and enable future housing development. There will be disruption to traffic and access during the project and we are working closely with everyone involved to reduce the impact."

Traffic management will change throughout the project. From April 11 to early May, the southbound lane between Halifax and Hastings Street will close. The northbound lane will remain open. 

From early May to mid-November a full road closure will be in place at the intersection of St Vincent Street and Hastings Street to allow the main construction works to be completed. 

During this period, access to and from the Warehouse and Countdown retail stores will be restricted to turning right into and left out of their St Vincent Street entry.  

Access to and from Spotlight will be via the original Hastings Street entry, which is accessed via the Washington Road end of Hastings Street.