A Positive Way Forward At Last!
The Bastion Point issue took a positive turn at last, with Council voting unanimously on 3 April 2012 for the government to finalise the design of its preferred option at the existing boat ramp site and seek broad community support for that option.
East Gippsland Council made the following resoluion:
- Notes the Victorian Government’s commitment to undertake a review (the review) and subsequent construction of an upgraded Mallacoota Ocean Access Boat Ramp and the associated Department of Transport proposal to provide an upgraded two lane boat ramp with protective breakwater, known as Alternative H2 (Refer Appendix 1), generally at the location of the existing boat ramp; and
- Seeks an urgent determination on the review from the State Government and detailed advice on its preferred option, including: cultural heritage, detailed design including costings and visual impact, environmental impact, car parking, further sand management studies etc.to enable prompt implementation of the project.
- Requests State Government works with the Mallacoota Ocean Access Boat Ramp Community Advisory Committee to finalise the design of the State Government’s preferred option and seek broad community support for that option.
Please see our Media Release.
Council to Vote on Continuing Application for Option 3b
The East Gippsland Shire Council executive has recommended to Councillors that Council continue with its Coastal Management Act application to construct the Option 3b breakwater and beach road. The Councillors will vote on this recommendation on 3 April 2012. Please see our Media Release, and the agenda item here.
The council proposal references the report by the Department of Transport on the public submission period on the designs. Please see the DoT report here.
The SBPC submission to the review on Hyder options is here.
If you would like to send a message to East Gippsland Shire Councillors, please copy their direct email addresses from below, or contact phone numbers are available here.
cr.ellis@egipps.vic.gov.au; cr.pelz@egipps.vic.gov.au; cr.anderson@egipps.vic.gov.au; cr.buckley@egipps.vic.gov.au; cr.freshwater@egipps.vic.gov.au; cr.gamble@egipps.vic.gov.au; cr.urie@egipps.vic.gov.au; cr.rowe@egipps.vic.gov.au; cr.neal@egipps.vic.gov.au
Hyder Proposal and Analysis
Please see our new web pages on the Hyder Proposal, and our Analysis of Hyder. The Department of Transport page on the Hyder proposals may be accessed here.