6. THE MARINA PROPOSAL IN MORE DETAIL             

 
The arial photograph of the Marina with the proposed changes shown in colour The drawing of the marina showing the contours of the bay and other relevent information

Main details of the Proposal are outlined in the Sinclair Knight Mertz( SKM) EES Technical Papers and in documents provided to the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
                                             

  • Wave screens – two wave screens, one for Marina protection and one for protection of the central portion of the Pier, as proposed by Parks Victoria.  Mornington Yacht Club, through SKM is proposing to extend the pier wave screen to the  end of the Pier   with  a twenty to thirty metre south-eastward extension of the Pier and a wavescreen  to provide extra protection for the Marina. 

 

  • The Harbour wave screen for the Marina would be east of the Pier, approximately 210m long  across the 7 metre depth contour, built to full depth – i.e. driven into the seabed . This will be an impermeable structure of reinforced concrete panels supported on tubular steel piles and concrete crossheads and will extend 4.0 metres ABOVE Chart Datum It is proposed that it would  incorporate a public walkway and viewing platform.

 

The Pier wave screen would be a north-west facing screen along the entire length of the  outside (western side) of the Pier, with an extension of the Pier and wave screen at the end of the Pier extending approximately 20-30 m south east.  The Pier wave screen will be a wave return wall with a curved reinforced concrete capping beam.  The wave screen drawings from SKM don’t give the height of the north-west facing wave screen along the last 57m of the Pier, nor the height of this, or the southeasterly extension of the Pier wavescreen. 

 

  • A new public jetty is to be built parallel to   the existing pier for access to the locked  floating pontoon berths.

 

 
Blairgowrie Marina- is a Private Marina . Similar locked gates are proposed for the Mornington Yacht Club’s private marina .  

 

  • 169   floating marina berths are to be built as pens in a north-south arrangement on the beach side of the wave screen.

 

  • 12 swing moorings are to be located east of the marina (for public moorings) but unprotected by the wave screens or Pier extension.

 

  •   8 fore - and - aft moorings will be provided to the south of the 3rd marina   pontoon ie. facing Mothers Beach.

 

 

  

 

A travel- lift and new wash- down facility within the Mornington Yacht Club leased area will replace the existing public slipway and wash-down facility but no detailed plans are yet available..This is stated to require dredging of about 1600 cubic metres  of materials to provide sufficiently deep access for larger boats. 

 

  • Mornington Yacht Club  clubhouse and yard are to be upgraded and refurbished, but no detailed plans are yet available..

 

  • A floating pontoon with public sewage pump out and refuelling facilities, which are  eventually  to be connected to the existing sewerage system, and proposed underground fuel storage tanks, respectively.

 

  • Within Mornington Yacht Club’s lease area, underground fuel storage is proposed   for 30, 000 litres  of fuel.

 

  • An artificial offshore  reef off Shire Hall Beach, may be constructed to reduce sand movement into the harbour.

 

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