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Lighthouse lights up for autism awareness: McCrae Lighthouse was bathed in light for World Autism Day on Sunday 2 April. Light Up Autism Foundation founder, Bianca Appleford, was joined by over 300 other people to flick the switch to raise awareness of autism. See report on page 8. Picture: Yanni
Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au RECOMMENDED ways to protect Portsea beach from erosion for the next 50 years vary in cost from $2.2 million to $32.5m. However, consultants hired by the state government say that only two of five options tackle the causes of erosion along 400 metres of the beach near Portsea pier. The consultants warn that doing nothing and removing rocks and sand bags laid to protect the beach will “result in the loss of some existing foreshore buildings within 10 years”. Of the two options that the consultants believe will fix the problem – configuration dredging or building a breakwater – dredging to create “wave reflection trenches” is seen as providing a permanent solution to the largest area. The consultants say wave heights at Portsea pier would be “significantly reduced” and sand removed from the trenches could be used to build up the eroded beach. If adopted by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) the dredging option would cost an estimated $20.42m and take three years to complete, including nine months of construction. The five suggestions made by Advi-
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sion, part of the Worley Parsons group, “to ameliorate the adverse impacts of coastal erosion processes at Portsea front beach” are: n Configuration Dredging n Breakwaters n Groynes n Sand Nourishment n Revetment Advision said the criteria in choosing the five options included their impacts waves, currents and transporting sediment, safety, sea level rises caused by climate change and cost over 50 years. “Of the options considered, only the dredged configuration and breakwater options address the primary cause of erosion at Portsea front beach,” the Advision report states. “Groynes and sand nourishment options come with ongoing sand nourishment maintenance costs. Removal of the existing protection works would result in the loss of some existing foreshore buildings within 10 years.” Advision said geotechnical investigation would be needed if DELWP decided to proceed with the dredging option. The five options and costings follow an earlier report in January 2016 and background notes provided by the department which acknowledged that swell waves from Bass Strait had caused Portsea’s sand loss. Continued Page 7
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