BOATERS and anglers on the Bellarine can look forward to a better boat ramp at Point Richards as plans to upgrade the facility begin.
\nPoint Richards is one of six ramps the Andrews Labor Government will upgrade in Port Phillip and Western Port.
\nMember for Bellarine Lisa Neville said Water Technology had been commissioned to undertake a coastal processes study that would inform a design to improve the facility.
\nMs Neville said Water Technology was a specialist coastal and environmental consultancy who had conducted similar projects within Port Phillip.
\nShe said their study at Point Richards was the first step towards minimising the impacts of seaweed and sand build up that currently affected the ramp.
\n\u201cWith the Point Richards upgrade underway and the recent removal of fees at Queenscliff, it\u2019s all good news for boaters and fishers on the Bellarine,\u201d Ms Neville said.
\n\u201cWe said we\u2019d upgrade the Point Richards and Queenscliff boat ramps, and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re doing.\u201d
\nThe study will be completed by the end of the year and will be used to develop concept designs for a better facility that will reduce the number of closures at the ramp.
\nThe Labor Government has also appointed Thompson Berrill Landscape Design to investigate options and prepare a concept design for more boat-trailer parking at the ramp.
\nBoaters and fishers will get an opportunity to have their say about the Point Richards boat ramp upgrade and give feedback to the concept design options that will be presented to the public later in the year.
\nThis upgrade is part of the Government\u2019s $47.2 million work to remove fees at all public boat ramps, upgrade six priority boats ramps and review boating infrastructure management arrangements in Port Phillip and Western Port.
\nBetter Boating Victoria will work closely with Bellarine and Bayside Committee of Management and other key stakeholders during the Point Richards boat ramp upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BOATERS and anglers on the Bellarine can look forward to a better boat ramp at Point Richards as plans to upgrade the facility begin. Point Richards is one of six ramps the Andrews Labor Government will upgrade in Port Phillip and Western Port. Member for Bellarine Lisa Neville said Water Technology had been commissioned to […]<\/p>\n