{"id":3692,"date":"2019-09-20T02:02:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T02:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2019-09-20T02:02:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T02:02:18","slug":"city-delivers-works-in-face-of-ongoing-stockton-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/09\/20\/city-delivers-works-in-face-of-ongoing-stockton-erosion\/","title":{"rendered":"City delivers works in face of ongoing Stockton erosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inner-head\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner-desc\">\nCity of Newcastle will undertake multi-million dollar works at the northern end of the Mitchell Street seawall to protect it from future failure caused by ongoing coastal erosion.<br \/>\nThe City has undertaken emergency works at Stockton Beach in response to unprecedented erosion impacts in recent weeks, including protecting sections of the coastline with one-tonne sandbags and closing beach access for public safety.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sandbagging at Stockton beach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/City-delivers-works-in-face-of-ongoing-Stockton-er\/Stocktonweb.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"Stocktonweb.jpg\" \/>City of Newcastle CEO Jeremy Bath said the City was doing everything it was allowed to do under State Government legislation to protect property and public safety at Stockton.<br \/>\n\u201cCity of Newcastle is committed to protecting the Stockton coast and community, including emergency works like sandbagging, and working with the State Government to secure approval and support for a long-term solution for the area,\u201d Mr Bath said.<br \/>\n\u201cWhile I understand footage of the huge loss of sand immediately in front of Stockton Surf Life Saving Club, the adjacent car park and Lexie\u2019s Caf\u00e9 are difficult for the community to see, coastal engineers have confirmed the seawall built by the City in 2017 is working and these assets are safe for the long-term.<br \/>\n\u201cThe State Government endorsed the Newcastle Coastal Zone Management Plan in late 2018. This Plan only provides City of Newcastle with approval to undertake short to medium actions, but critically no long-term actions to counter coastal erosion,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nLord Mayor of Newcastle Cr Nuatali Nelmes said the City and the community want Stockton Beach to be a usable beach enjoyed by the public.<br \/>\n\u201cCity of Newcastle\u2019s preferred option is to bring sand back to the coastline. However, this can only be done via the State Government\u2019s Coastal Management Program process.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are working with Government agencies on the development of a Coastal Management Program which legislation dictates will come into effect from 31 December 2021. This Program will include a long-term solution to ongoing erosion at Stockton.<br \/>\n\u201cUntil then, are hands are tied in terms of what we can do, unless the State Government intervenes.<br \/>\n\u201cThe City\u2019s priority right now however is keeping the community safe. We remind people to remain away from the top and bottom of the sand cliffs as they have potential to collapse without warning,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, due to south easterly swell and tide on the back of limited sand accretion, Stockton Beach has seen further coastal erosion south of the Mitchell Street seawall.<br \/>\nCabins at the holiday park were vacated this week as a precautionary measure ahead of condition inspections by City of Newcastle Coastal Engineering specialists. The cabins have now been reopened.<br \/>\nCity of Newcastle has spent more than $5 million since 2015 on managing erosion at Stockton, including the recent emergency works.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle will undertake multi-million dollar works at the northern end of the Mitchell Street seawall to protect it from future failure caused by ongoing coastal erosion. The City has undertaken emergency works at Stockton Beach in response to unprecedented erosion impacts in recent weeks, including protecting sections of the coastline with one-tonne sandbags &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/09\/20\/city-delivers-works-in-face-of-ongoing-stockton-erosion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City delivers works in face of ongoing Stockton erosion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}