Port Botany Expansion

Sydney Ports Corporation is undertaking a major expansion of its container port facilities at Port Botany. The expansion is one of the largest port projects to be undertaken in Australia in the last 30 years and comprises of the following:

Port Facility

• Five new shipping berths and container storage
• 1850m wharf frontage
• Reclamation of approximately 60ha of land requiring 8 million cubic metres of sand
  
• Concrete counterfort solution to create the wall of the new port
• 216 precast counterfort units weighing 640T each will be assembled on site
• Precast yard producing one counterfort unit per day
• 270,000 tonne of revetment and scour protection rock for placement around the counterforts
• Rear crane rail founded on 300 bored piles of 1500 diameter
• Inter-terminal road rail corridor

Community and Existing Infrastructure Upgrade Works

• Upgrade and restoration of Foreshore Beach
• Two new lookouts at the eastern and western ends of Foreshore Beach including a bird lookout at the western end
• A pedestrian/cycleway with rest areas
• A new boat ramp with four lanes, pontoons, parking and public amenities
• A new pedestrian bridge over Foreshore Road linking Sir Joseph Banks Park with Foreshore Beach
• Penrhyn Estuary environmental enhancement works including improved habitat for shorebirds, providing a superior ecological area
  
• A dedicated road link from the new terminal directly to the heavy truck route on Foreshore Road, via a six span bridge

A brief overview of the project is available by downloading the Project information sheet.

Additional information is available on the Port Botany Expansion project website.