Reading the =e-down and fit their rods and oars ready to launch. Then move forward to a special area and reverse down the upgraded wider boat ramp right into the water. Adjacent to the ramp would be a walk-on and a floa=ng pontoon to secure the vessel and permit less able crew to get on board while the driver parked the trailer in the designated spots. Vol 16 September 15th 2017
28 April December 7th, 2017 Volreturning 48 27th On to2018 the boatramp the master would secure the vessel to the boatramp and then retrieve the trailer to pull the vessel out of the water. They would then stop at the wash-down area to rinse out the engines and wash off any harmful weeds picked up while on the water so as not to transferred disease and contaminants to another waterway which may even ruin the local oyster industry.
SO what does it appear will be delivered? Well for a start there will be no change to the actual boat ramp. It is s=ll narrow and will sand up. There will be no addi=on of a floa=ng pontoon for the safety of boaters. There will be no wash -down area with available water because in Eurobodalla we s=ll have water restric=ons that forbids us washing our vessels in situ. There will be a torturous route to get to the boatramp with the likelihood vessel trailers will be damaged by curbs and finally there will be less parking spots than we originally had and we will now have to put on our hiking boots just to reach the new “improved” toilet block sited even further away than the original. You may ask have the boa=ng and fishing community benefited by the new bridge and the Foreshore upgrade plan? In a word NO.
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