View the final Review of Environmental Factors
Review of Environmental Factors
Council will be replacing coastal protection and beach access at Stuart Street and Ramsay Street at the public road ends. The works will involve new stairs for public access and the replacement of existing rock protection boulders with more robust rock revetments, to provide better erosion control and protection of the public reserve and roads above the beach.
In early November, we invited you to view the concept designs for the proposed works, as well as the associated draft Review of Environmental Factors (REF) for a period of 28 days. We received approximately 30 submissions and we encourage you to read the Community Engagement Report to view community comments.
The Review of Environmental Factors assessment for these works has now been approved and can be downloaded from the document library section of this project page.
Overview of the Proposed Works
The existing rock protection will be removed and replaced with a rock revetment designed to contemporary engineering standards. A rock revetment is simply a sloping structure constructed of multiple layers of large interlocking rocks. The new rock revetment will provide improved protection from coastal erosion into the future.
The works will also involve the inclusion of new engineered public stairs, with handrails, that will significantly improve beach access.
The stormwater outfall at Ramsay Street will be retained and a like for like structure reconstructed.