Wentworth Falls Lake Precinct upgrade – Saturday construction works

31 January 2025

Council’s contractor undertaking the dam, spillway and boat ramp works at Wentworth Falls Lake has extended their working days to include Saturday’s, between 8am and 4pm (weather permitting).

This is being done to allow the walk over the dam wall to reopen as quickly as possible and to offset some time that has been lost due to wet weather.

The areas available for recreational use on Saturday’s will not change. However, there will be machinery noise that may have some impact on the recreational amenity of the lake, particularly around the pirate ship play area.

To minimise these impacts, there will be no demolition or rock breaking work done on Saturdays and the contractor will be installing mesh on the existing construction fencing.

The contractors will also be requested to arrange their work schedule to focus Saturday work on the spillway – away from the park and play areas – when this is possible.

Allowing the contractors to work Saturdays to complete the dam and spillway works, including the new accessible path on the top of the dam wall, will enable the connection from Sinclair Crescent to Waratah Street via the dam wall to reopen sooner. This connection is of significant value to the community and is anticipated to be completed by mid-2025.