AFTER more than two years of frustration, Mornington Peninsula Shire has finally answered the call: $407,238 has been locked in to fix the stairs at Birdrock Beach in Mt Martha.The timber stairs were closed to the public at the beginning of December 2022 after a severe storm and an associated king tide damaged the bottom three sections of the stairway (Beach access stairs closed for safety, The News 17/1/23). Sand was also eroded away from underneath the concrete footings at the base of the stairs, further destabilising the stairway.An action group called “Repair the Stairs – Birdrock Beach Action Group”…
Browsing: Birdrock Beach
RESIDENTS and visitors are up in arms at Mornington Peninsula Shire’s near two year closure of the Birdrock Beach access stairs. A recently formed action group ‘Repair the Stairs – Birdrock Beach Action Group’ held a protest rally on Saturday (21 September) in front of the closed stairs leading down to Birdrock Beach.The spokesperson for the Birdrock Beach Action Group, Sharon Forrest, told The News that the Birdrock Beach stairs were closed to the public at the beginning of December 2022 after a severe storm and associated king tide caused the collapse of the bottom three sections of the stairway…