Power outages and road works on campus

Planned power outage at Bedford Park

A temporary high-voltage power shutdown will be required to some campus areas in April due to work on the new Health and Medical Research Building. This work will involve two x 60-minute campus outages, anticipated between 7am-8am on Saturday 15 April and 3pm-4pm on Sunday 16 April.

Buildings affected during these periods are:

  • Education
  • Law & Commerce
  • Social Sciences South
  • Pendopo
  • Social Sciences North
  • Humanities
  • Oasis
  • Drama Centre
  • Matthew Flinders Theatre
  • Flinders Connect
  • Library (Central & Law)
  • Student Hub (including RDS, FUSA and Flinders International)
  • Professional Services
  • Registry
  • Yungkurrinthi
  • Health, Counselling and Disability
  • Health Sciences
  • Alan Mitchell Sports Centre
  • Sports Pavilion
  • Health Sciences Lecture Theatre
  • Flinders Living (including University Hall)

During that weekend, there may also be further power outages to buildings on the North and South Ridges due to load shedding requirements.

Please note that during these power outages:

  • Traffic management will be in place at the University Drive and Sturt Drive intersection.
  • Please make people in your areas aware of the outage. Signage will be posted in the coming weeks.
  • Please consider any booked events (such as functions, sports events or classes held by external parties) and contact the organisers to arrange alternatives or postponement.
  • Clarify with staff which power sources are not on a back-up generator (red vs white power switches).
  • Backup generators will be provided to Flinders Living during the two x 60-minute shutdowns to reduce the impact on student accommodation.

Please contact HMRB@flinders.edu.au or lodge a Service One request if you have events or power-sensitive equipment or research items in the affected areas during these periods.

Road works on University Drive and car park 12

Please slow down on University Drive as works this week as outgoing traffic is restricted to one lane. Speed restrictions may apply, so take additional care and expect changed conditions. Where possible, please consider avoiding this area and use Flinders Drive instead.

Works will also occur in car park 12 and some parking spaces will be unavailable during this time. One lane will be available to access the car park at all times, with speed restrictions and traffic controls in place.

University Drive and Sturt Road corner (eastern side)

Some minor works are occurring this week near the Flinders University entry sign on the corner of Sturt Road and University Drive – but note that these minor works will not impact road use.

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