Works on New Sea Walls near Coastguard base starts Monday 13th

Replacement of the seawalls near the Lakes Entrance Coastguard station begins Monday 13th!          It makes me wonder why they laid a new footpath about 9 moths ago and then promptly fenced it off, but it seems finally we will see some action and have a continuous safe and access friendly footpath between the Coastguard Base and Bank Jetty. Hooray.
Reproduced below is the Shire announcement for your information, I have added some photos from around 2014 for comparison.


East Gippsland Shire Council’s project to replace the seawalls along the Esplanade in Lakes Entrance will ramp up next week with works to install the concrete panels beginning.
Council, along with other agencies, has some responsibility for the sections of the town’s foreshore.
A contract was awarded in April and work began on site soon after with pile driving. The next step in the replacement project, manufacturing the concrete panels, took place offsite.

Looking West circa 2014

This task is now complete and residents will see work taking place along the Esplanade from Monday, August 13. The works will require the closure of the Bank Jetty car park from Monday, August 27 for the duration of the project.

Looking West almost at Bank Jetty Circa 2014

The seawall along the Esplanade stretches 216 metres and will be replaced with precast concrete panels as it is close to the navigable marine harbour and Coast Guard precinct. The project includes a boardwalk to connect to the existing walkway.

Looking East circa 2014

An artist’s impression of the new concrete panel seawall and boardwalk

An audit and geotechnical investigations of the bluestone seawalls along Cunninghame Arm and Bullock Island led to council fencing off a 90-metre section of footpath above the seawall for safety. This area is near the Coast Guard building on the Esplanade.The project is expected to be completed by mid-December this year.

The Victorian Government is contributing $1.3 million to the project under its Coastal Protection Infrastructure Upgrade Program, with council contributing $452,000.

For comment and/ or any feedback  Councils mailing address is: feedback@egipps.vic.gov.au
273 Main Street  Bairnsdale, Victoria 3875