A terminal wall could be back on the agenda for the Kingscliff foreshore following the past 18 months of erosion.
“Ten years ago, the original intention was to build a terminal wall and sand in front as part of the Draft Coastal Management Study,” Tweed Coast Holiday Parks Reserve Trust Executive Manager Richard Adams said.
“The community did not favour a rock wall and a review by consultants in preparation of the Coastal Management Plan found that the Draft Coastal Management Study was overly conservative and a suitable solution could be 250,000 cubic metres of sand and a minor landward retreat to create an additional buffer.
“When this went to the public for comment, the community was happy with this option. This is the endorsed position of Council.
“Given the events of the last 18 months, Council in conjunction with the State Government considered it prudent to review options for a terminal wall should it be deemed appropriate.”
Water Resource Laboratory (WRL) and their coastal experts (a business arm of the University of NSW) are currently working on the project and will deliver a draft report in early 2012.
Council would then make a decision on whether it wants a terminal wall and could then go to the government and ask for funding assistance.
However Mr Adams said any change to an endorsed position of a terminal wall would be subject to public comment.
