Yes the one that was going to address the concerns of the Surfside Community about the new bridge's larger piles contributing to the down stream erosion on the North Shore. It was also used to close down discussion about extending floating pontoons downstream from the modified T-Wharf.
The study was completed in March - it may well have been peer reviewed by an "American Professor" but it is not freely available to the wider public. Why?
And what of Stage Two? Any truly independent targeted study would have answered many outstanding questions and given quantitative data plus highlighting the difficulties of building any structure on sand let alone a boat ramp in a locally known shifting sand area. Or is that just another sop to the locals boat owners to keep them in line?
The RMS Batemans Bay Independent Coastal Impact Assessment Stage One – Impacts of the Batemans Bay Bridge Replacement Project March 2019 has been reviewed and submitted to the Executive Director of Dept of Transport for NSW in the form of a Critical Analysis which may be read Critical Analysis of GHD Stage 1 Assessment
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