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Question on Notice
With reference to the announcement in August 2022 by the former Minister for Environment and Climate Change of $400,000 to undertake immediate works to address public safety risk at Loch Sport due to erosion on the Lake Victoria foreshore:
(1) What is the breakdown of items or projects that money has been spent on.
(2) How much of that money remains unspent.
(3) When will the Government announce a preferred pathway for long-term adaptation as promised in that announcement.
1) The breakdown of costs at Loch Sport are as follows:
Investigation & survey work including: Sediment sampling, Coastal Acid Sulphate Soil (CASS), lidar survey, marine ecology survey, bathymetry for Seagull Drive and Geotechnical investigations Seagull Drive. | $84,820.62 |
Landslide risk assessment – High Dune Bluff | $43,361.80 |
Options Assessments – High Dune Bluff and Seagull drive boat ramp car park protection | $9,438.14 |
Detailed designs including: Walking Path realignment, Seagull drive boat ramp groyne design, sand nourishment at High Dune Bluff | $72,089.64 |
Detailed groyne design including: concept design, bathymetry & geotechnical survey High Dune Bluff | $60,831.81 |
Victorian Common Funding Agreement - Loch Sport Foreshore Committee of Management - Walking path realignment | $30,000 |
Victorian Common Funding Agreement - Gippsland Ports - Seagull Drive Beneficial Sand re-use Loch Sport | $200,000 |
TOTAL | $500,542.01 |
2) A total of $500,542.01 has been spent since the funding was announced.
3) Our current focus is to implement the immediate and short-term actions outlined in BMT’s 2022 Loch Sport Foreshore Coastal Processes and Options Assessment report.
This report was released at a community consultation event in October 2022 and outlined immediate, short-term, and medium-term recommendations.
Government priority is the implementation of the sand renourishment and groyne construction to mitigate immediate risks. Long-term adaptation planning will be considered alongside community and land manager consultation.
Thank you for raising this important matter with me.
Steve Dimopoulos MP
Member for Oakleigh
Minister for Environment
