Dredging and barging sand along Adelaide's disappearing coastline to be trialled
10 months, 1 week ago

Dredging and barging sand along Adelaide's disappearing coastline to be trialled

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In short: A two-month trial is set for Adelaide's suburban beaches where sand will be dredged offshore from northern beaches and barged and deposited to southern beaches. "With nearshore dredging what you'll see is a dredge off the coast, dredging that sand and floating it down by barge to West Beach," Mr Maher said. When Labor won the 2022 state election, it scrapped the former Liberal government's pipeline plan and launched an independent review of long-term sand management options along Adelaide's metropolitan coastline. Beach 'greatly eroded' says West Beach residents Shadow Treasurer and MP for the suburbs surrounding Henley Beach, Matt Cowdrey, said there are "huge question marks" over the government's latest plan. "The independent review also recommended a mass nourishment of sand, that is around 550-thousand cubic metres of sand being placed at West Beach," Mr Maher said.

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Sand-carting to bolster Adelaide beaches in ongoing battle against erosion
2 years ago

Sand-carting to bolster Adelaide beaches in ongoing battle against erosion

ABC  

Popular Adelaide beaches will soon begin receiving truckloads of sand to help overcome erosion and sand drift, amid concerns that the condition of some shorelines is currently the "worst it has been". Key points: A total of 75,000 cubic metres of sand will be distributed along Adelaide's coast in the coming weeks and months A local resident at the northern …

Disappearing West Beach sand could be replaced with coarser import, expert says
6 years, 6 months ago

Disappearing West Beach sand could be replaced with coarser import, expert says

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Replenishing West Beach with coarser sand quarried from onshore will help stop it drifting north, an expert says, as the SA Government prepares to return 100,000 cubic metres to overcome erosion and sand drift. This included what DHI called "mass nourishment", where 1.8 million cubic metres of sand would be carted to West Beach, Henley Beach South and north of …

Sand pipeline taking shape along Adelaide coast
12 years, 8 months ago

Sand pipeline taking shape along Adelaide coast

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A sand transfer pipeline is being laid along the Adelaide coastline, to help overcome problems of sand drift. The $23 million project will have two pipelines, the largest along seven kilometres of coast to move sand from Glenelg south to Kingston Park. Project manager for Adelaide's Living Beaches, Rob Tucker, says the northern drift of sand has been evident along …

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