MidCoast Council is continuing to renourish the sand on Jimmys Beach from the Winda Woppa stockpile in order to provide a temporary buffer that provides a level of protection for the public infrastructure threatened by coastal erosion.
This practice that has been underway for more than 40 years.
Other options have been considered and reviewed during that time however renourishment has been assessed as the most cost-effective option for providing protection and of the roadway and beach
Sand renourishment has been identified in the Jimmys Beach Coastal Zone Management Plan (2016) as the best way to the protect The Boulevarde, a road which separates residential development from Jimmys Beach.
This practice will continue until management options are reconsidered as part of a new Coastal Management Program which is currently being progressed, the council said.
The sand that is transferred to Jimmys Beach comes from the stockpile area at the end of the peninsula that is periodically created by navigational dredging of the nearby channels of the Myall River.
Council is the delivery partner for maintenance navigation dredging funded by Transport for NSW in the lower Myall River which is envisaged for early 2025 once approvals and contractor procurement is completed.
Dredged sand will be deposited on the stockpile.
Sand renourishment occurs when required and this varies from year to year depending on the severity of weather events and their impact on the protection the beach provides to the road infrastructure.