Essential maintenance at Paringa’s Lock five will see a closure to boat traffic from April next year.
The works will see the lock chamber drained to allow resealing and refurbishing of the lock’s large hydraulic gates, together with other works including concreting. In total the lock could be closed for up to 23 weeks.
SA Water’s Senior Manager of River Murray Operations Garry Fyfe said this follows the completion of similar maintenance at Overland Corner’s Lock Three earlier this year.
“We recognise Lock Five is among our busier sites for boats, kayaks and other river users, and is why we have proactively scheduled this work to commence directly after the April school holiday period, and continue throughout winter when river traffic is at its lowest” Said Mr Fyfe.
On behalf of the Murray Darling Basin Authority SA water operate Locks One to Six in South Australia as well as Lock Seven at Rufus River and Lock Eight at Wangumma in New South Wales, and Lock Nine at Kulnine in Victoria.
