A REPORT on the vanishing Portsea Beach has concluded sand erosion is a natural process and there is nothing to be done about it except to shore up the fast-eroding shoreline. Department of Sustainability and Environment contractors are set to return to the eroded beach to repair the eastern end of the 150-metre sandbag wall – again. DSE has released the Portsea Prefeasibility Study produced by international consultancy firm Aurecon and a sand monitoring report by GHD. The report considers erosion management options for the popular family beach and concludes maintenance of the sandbag wall is the best way to…
Thursday, May 16