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BEACH box owners and users of Mt Martha Beach North want government the state to a “modelling” pay about $30,000 for eroded beach. of a plan to save the A public meeting at Mt Martha saving Club Life(Saturday 25 November) called on the government to more fully investigate building a 25 groyne designed metre long the beach and to bring sand back to protect the cliffs. crumbling Land and built environment gram manager proEnvironment, for the Department of Land, ning, Cass Philippou Water and Plan, said on Friday the proposal “is currently being considered”. “Construction of a rock revetment stabilise the to cliff beach is a high at Mt Martha North Ms Philippou priority for DELWP,” said. A study by consultant s Water Technology estimates made from rocks the groyne – either or “geotextil will cost $330,000, e” bags including initiallyimporting sand to The beach usersrenew the beach. are facing mer where the a beach remains sumfor safety reasons. closed Meanwhile, boxes ordered the owners of beach ington Peninsulademolished by Mornbecause of the Shire cannot comply closure. Alan Farquhar, Point problem: Mt Martha North chairman of the Beach users beach say a Beach Group, 25 metre long at Mt Martha North 12,500 cubic said from a rocky groyne built metres of sand point could out onto the beach help Consultants (mainly from trucked agree, but say retain sand, left. at Mt Martha the beach cause sand the groyne could south) in 2010 loss ed three years the Departmen at Hawker beach. Meanwhile had last, and Planning t of Environment, Land, would be there “when they told us it Water wants to extend for eight or 10 wall, above. Without any years”. Pictures: Keith the existing rock Platt “the sand has other physical changes no chance of tained”. being reof the cliffs. What Mr Farquhar changes could pected says from a rocky point rocks now being be ex- not be accessed the northern at at the base end installed by their owners. of formed a “naturalof the beach once The Water beach “is not the seawall at Hawker port cost up Technology groyne” but generally known, to erosion at Mt study into “gradually worn had likely to be Martha Beach metre groyne $4 million, with the 25 away”. but is beneficial”, being among He said building The report recommen Mr Farquhar commissioned on the back North was est. said. the cheapa 25 metre ds removing vere storms in of two segroyne would the beach boxes long all winter 2016. “But the problem However, the hopefully causereplace the point and to stop further unless action is taken A major finding is not to be solved without issue” of the consultants’ say “a key erosion of the further human groyne is that bling cliffs threatenis that that the crumwhich, in turn, the sand to build-up cliff and intervention.” it will cause beach. sand to be Mr Farquhar would protect the stability lost from Hawker Esplanade. the base The of the The ket” for the said there was “no marbeach. walls options include building consultants beach boxes, Options for stopping say a and rock which could the erosion and would be to construct “soft option” an offshoregroynes across the beach renewing the the groyne from or breakwater to beach outlined geotextile bags PERFECT DENTUR slow of thousands in the reremoved it morewhich could be easily of cubic metres the loss ES ARE MORE THAN JUST A needed to “renourish erosion was of sand caused. ” the beach.
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