Earthworks Underway

14 September 2023

Earthworks and the creek culvert installation works are underway at the Gilmore Organics Processing Facility site.

The site will be accessed through the Tumut Resource Recovery Centre. Construction of the access road into the facility requires installation of four precast concrete box culverts with wing walls and additional rock protection to control high water flows and protect channel banks around the existing creek.

Earthworks are also underway on the pad construction. The 145m x 62m pad area will be made of compacted clay with a gravel top surrounded by internal roads. The area includes a receiving pad and five composting stages for the Mobile Aerated Floor (MAF) processing operations.

The MAF system uses an innovative composting technology, a series of pipes installed underneath the compost piles aerates the compost and speeds up the process. The technology will be able to take food and garden waste and turn it into rich compost in 6-8 weeks.