Parks Victoria have recently released their preferred course for the replacement and development of Fishermans Jetty.
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Following a community consultation process Park’s are supportive of “Concept Two” which involves replacing Fishermans Jetty on exactly the same alignment as previously and then adding a further parallel arm to the north.
While this is considered a good outcome unfortunately the State Government has withdrawn the previously announced funding of $6.7m and is requiring Parks to stage the project and at this time just replace the previous jetty.
The MYC Future Development sub committee recently met with Parks to discuss the specifications for a tender expected to be released shortly. We have raised a number of concerns with their preliminary plans and trust they will take on board our concerns namely the provision of 12m berths on the northern side of the arm and the provision of mooring piles on both sides of the jetty.
Parks expectation is to award and commence the works late this year or in January. An exclusion zone similar to the zone set aside for the removal of the previous jetty will be put in place during construction.
At this stage Parks planned fairways impacting particularly on mooring rows A and B will not be instituted.
The Fisherman Jetty berths created from this Stage 1 of the project will be allocated by Parks with indications that previous users will be offered first preference. It is highly likely that berthing fees will increase from previous charges. These berths will be renewed annually.
The General Committee is not happy with this outcome although hardly surprised. Further discussions with government ministers have been initiated together with Port Phillip Ferries. Standby please.
Regards,
Andrew Young
Commodore