Lakes & Amphitheatre Renewal: Project Progress

Construction works for the UQ Lakes Renewal and Amphitheatre Upgrade Project are ongoing with lake earthworks progressing and services/landscaping works continuing in the Amphitheatre.

The site location and impacts to pathways, roads and bicycle lanes is shown on the attached site map. This project is expected to be complete in early 2023, a timeline can be found on the project website.

Affected areas

Roads, footpaths and cycleways

• Pedestrian and cyclist pathways are closed for the entirety of the works. Refer attached site map for alternative routes.
• Road closure at corner of College Road & Thynne Road will be in place until the end of the project. Access to Colleges is via College Road and access to P11 is via Thynne Road.

• Traffic control will be in place on Jocks Road & College Road to manage vehicle movements as required.
• Increased vehicles movements on College Rd and Staff House Rd expected until the end of the year

Noise & Odour

• The UQ neighbourhood / community can expect a level of odour to become present as the lake works continue.

Work details

Commenced 5 December 2022 – 14 December 2022

• Lake works
  • earthworks and clay lining works progressing, with increased heavy vehicle movements on College Rd and Staff House Rd expected until the end of the year.
  • service trenching works on the lower end of UQ Sustainability Walk with traffic control on site to direct pedestrians. The pathway will remain open for pedestrians, however there may be some delays.
• Amphitheatre works
  • seating concrete pours continuing;
  • landscaping works continuing (deliveries of topsoil and mulch); and
  • stormwater services progressing.

12 December 2022 – 18 December 2022

• Lake works
  • earthworks and clay lining works progressing, with increased heavy vehicle movements on College Rd and Staff House Rd expected until the end of the year.
• Amphitheatre works
  • seating concrete pours continuing;
  • landscaping works continuing (deliveries of topsoil and mulch);
  • stormwater services progressing; and
  • sandstone installation commencing.

19 December 2022 – 23 December 2022

• Lake works
  • earthworks and clay lining works progressing, with increased heavy vehicle movements on College Rd and Staff House Rd expected until the end of the year.

• Amphitheatre works
  • landscaping works continuing;
  • stormwater services progressing; and
  • sandstone installation continuing.

 23 December 2022 – 9 January 2023

• Lake & Amphitheatre works
• Christmas shut down period (23 December 2022 to 9 January 2023)

The UQ Lake and Amphitheatre Renewal project will shut down between 23 December 2022 and 9 January 2023. Please contact UQ Security on (07) 3365 3333 in the case of an emergency.

Project details

The iconic UQ lake and amphitheatre is being transformed into a self-sustaining ecosystem that offers habitat for wildlife and more opportunities for people to enjoy the area. More information can be found on the project website.

Contact

Casey Fredrickson, Project Manager (Infrastructure):

• Call: 0408 339 936
• Email: c.fredrickson@uq.edu.au