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5973 6424 or email: team@mpnews.com.au www.mpnews.com.au Barging in: A specialist marine contractor removes storm damaged wave panels from inside Mornington pier. Picture: Gary Sissons

Wait for pier repairs STORM damaged wave panels on Mornington pier were removed by a specialist marine contractor last week. P W Johnson Constructions, of Carrum Downs, used a floating barge and hydraulic crane to remove the remaining five 15 tonne wave protection panels. Some of the panels, dislodged in July and October storms, were recovered from the sea bed before winter. In January, the firm removed the first of the loose wave panels, created a safe walking surface on the damaged section of the pier deck, and installed a temporary edging fence to allow the damaged area to be re-opened. Parks Victoria admits a more “robust wave protection system” is needed at Mornington pier after its repeated failures to withstand mid-year storms. “Parks Victoria is working hard to finalise a stronger technical solution to make sure repairs withstand future significant storm events,” Melbourne Marine and Maritime regional director Jo Richards said. “We are continuing to work hard with marine infrastructure engineers to finalise plans for works. “We continue to have confidence in the pier itself which is structurally sound with a 1.2-metre-thick reinforced concrete deck, supported by 100 steel piles driven over 20 metres into the sea bed.” Rebuilding the pier will begin in summer. Stephen Taylor

Golf club in the rough over lease Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au THE not-for-profit club which has been running Devilbend Golf Course for the past 43 years may be sidelined to make way for a commercial manager. Mornington Peninsula Shire officers have told councillors that appointing a manager for the 18-hole golf course

in Loders Rd, Moorooduc would create “a reasonable commercial return to council”. The recommendation to advertise for a manager follows a request for renewal of its 21-year lease by the 450-member Devilbend Golf Club. The club has six full time and seven part time staff and last year showed a net operating profit of $71,642 from a turnover of $1.36 million. The current

annual rent is $10,233. The club has also signalled it expects some return for the more than $1 million it has spent on the course in the past 42 years if it is refused a new lease. In a report to council last week (Wednesday 26 April) property operations team leader Greg Collins says the latest profit followed “a net loss of $107,676 due largely to unforeseen le-

gal and salary expenses”. The report was dropped from the agenda last Monday week (24 April) without further explanation, although councillors expect the issue will be revisited. Property and strategy manager Yasmin Woods told The News that the item was dropped from the agenda as the shire had yet to discuss its new management proposal with the state govern-

ment, the owner of the golf course land. “The report will then be presented to council following this meeting and include any necessary information from the state government,” Ms Woods said. Mr Collins says granting the club a third 21-year lease over the Crown land “would limit council control over the property to the terms and conditions of the lease”. Continued Page 8

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