Overview

Long Reef Headland is a very popular coastal walk used all year round by locals and visitors to the Northern Beaches. The highly utilised boardwalk and bridge section of the walk, located between Long Reef Golf Course and Long Reef Beach, has reached the end of its useful life. This section has been impacted by recent storms, resulting in coastal erosion and costly repairs.

What we are proposing

We are planning to replace the boardwalk and bridge, relocating it slightly further away from the coast to minimise the impacts of storm surges on this highly valued section of the coastal walk.

An Options Report was prepared with the preferred option (Option 2) being selected. A Review of Environmental Factors has also been prepared based on Option 2.

Not proceeding with this project will result in closing off this section of the Long Reef Headland walk.

Relocation of the boardwalk results in minor changes to two tees and a pathway on Long Reef Golf Course. We have engaged with the Golf Club and they are supportive of the current option.

An Aboriginal Site had previously been recorded in the direct location of the proposed works. An Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessment has been undertaken and it has been determined that the Aboriginal Site has been destroyed by natural occurrences (storm surges).

Have your say

We invite you to provide your feedback by:

• completing the comment form below or
• emailing council@northerneaches.nsw.gov.au or
• writing to us at Northern Beaches Council, PO Box 82 Manly NSW 1655.

Please include 'Long Reef boardwalk & bridge replacement' in the subject line of all email or written feedback.

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