Point Cook, a suburb in Melbourne’s west, now boasts the first
section of the Bay Trail which will extend as a 253km trail
circumnavigating Port Philip Bay when complete.
GHD provided the diverse range of services
required to minimise environmental impacts on the adjacent 420ha
wetland conservation reserve of Cheetham Wetlands. Our team
collaborated with members of our bridges, geotechnical, civil,
environmental, fauna, flora, risk, planning, materials and program
management groups to deliver the project.
The finished project incorporates diverse materials including
coloured concrete pathways; perforated aluminium panels with
‘picperf’ images of migratory birds; as well as corten steel, rock
gabion baskets and composite decking made from locally sourced
recycled plastics and wood by-products.