The new 4.5 km sewer upgrade project will utilise microtunnelling in order to minimise impacts to Bulimba Creek and nearby vegetation.

The project is part of a $A3.2 billion capital works investment over the next decade.

Queensland Urban Utilities Chief Executive Noel Faulkner said “We will be investing $A268.9 million this year alone on maintaining and enhancing the current water and sewerage network, driven largely by population and housing growth”.

The project will help the existing wastewater network keep pace with projected population growth of around 40 per cent during the next five years in the suburbs of Rochedale, Drewvale,…