Save Bastion Point update
Video Update Save Bastion Point info Friday March 5, 2010
This information is taken from savebastionpoint.org.
Please see savebastionpoint.org for full information and downloads.
Save Bastion Point
Current Proposal
Just weeks before the Inquiry hearing in July 2008 the East Gippsland Shire Council (EGSC) presented new plans for an alternative access road along the beach, which is shown in the attached pdf (see www.savebastionpoint.org), and now known as Option 3b. View the page EES proposal to get details of why it is called Option 3.
In Option 3b the road is raised above the beach either on pylons, or on rock fill. Both designs include a suspended walkway on the seaward side. A concrete hardstand/turning circle will be constructed on the beach leading to the dual lane boat ramp.
The mockup below was produced by RushWright Landscape consultants.
Save Bastion Point
The boat ramp will be sheltered by a breakwater constructed of 8,000 tonnes of imported rock approximately 130 metres long and 2.8 metres high. An estimated 3,250 cu. m. of rock will need to be removed to create a boating channel and a dredge will be required to remove the expected ongoing accumulation of sand at the entry to the facility. The design includes a carpark design that extends further along Bastion Point Road and provides 60 car and boat bays, and removes the vegetation screening that was proposed in the previous Option 3.
Council decided that they preferred Option 3b just three weeks before the Inquiry Hearing, which the Panel Report labelled ‘design on the run’. Despite the the Inquiry Panel finding against all breakwater options presented in the EES, this is the option that has been approved by Minister Madden and Council is progressing.
The aerial plan as presented just before the Inquiry is shown below – note that the breakwater isn’t shown, just the ‘boating channel’
Bastion Point and cynical planning politics
The Windsor Hotel redevelopment document accidently leaked by Minister Madden’s media advisor (25 Feb 2010) reveals a strategy to undermine an advisory committee report, and manipulate a community consultation process. It also contains reference to Bastion Point, with the following line appearing to pertain to Bastion Point, with the words - ‘will need cover as allegations against Minister’s actions’. See our screen image of the document. Minister Madden tabled his submissions for the case on 16 …
Supreme Court Hearing – 16, 17 March 2010
The case of Friends of Mallacoota Inc. versus Minister for Planning, and Minister for Environment and Climate Change has been fixed for trial in the Supreme Court on 16 March 2010 for two days. Members of the Public are welcome to attend. See Madden Decision Taken to Supreme Court for more detail.
