Transport for NSW Regional Boating Plan Taree - Great Lakes Region Consultation Draft July 2014 Transport for NSW 18 Lee Street Chippendale NSW 2008 Postal address: PO Box K659 Haymarket NSW 1240 ISBN Register: 978 1 922030 68 9 www.transport.nsw.gov.au email: [email protected] © COPYRIGHT STATE OF NSW THROUGH THESECRETARY OF TRANSPORT FOR NSW 2014 Extracts from this publication may be reproduced provided the source is fully acknowledged. GHD | Report for Transport for NSW - Regional Boating Plan, 21/23122 | i Table of contents 1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Physical character of the waterways .............................................................................................. 6 2.1 Background .......................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Manning catchment .............................................................................................................. 7 2.3 Wallis Lake ........................................................................................................................... 8 2.4 Smiths Lake ......................................................................................................................... 9 3. Waterway users ........................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Analysis of waterway users ............................................................................................... 11 3.2 Regional site visits ............................................................................................................. 12 3.3 Consultation to date ........................................................................................................... 12 4. Safety ........................................................................................................................................... 15 4.1 Overview of existing safety activities ................................................................................. 15 4.2 Complaints ......................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Infringements ..................................................................................................................... 17 4.4 Incidents ............................................................................................................................. 18 4.5 Consultation feedback ....................................................................................................... 20 4.6 Key findings ....................................................................................................................... 20 4.7 Actions ............................................................................................................................... 21 5. Access .......................................................................................................................................... 23 5.1 Overview of existing access facilities ................................................................................. 24 5.2 Consultation feedback ....................................................................................................... 27 5.3 Key findings ....................................................................................................................... 28 5.4 Actions ............................................................................................................................... 29 6. Storage ......................................................................................................................................... 31 6.1 Existing storage ................................................................................................................. 32 6.2 Consultation feedback ....................................................................................................... 35 6.3 Key findings ....................................................................................................................... 35 6.4 Actions ............................................................................................................................... 36 7. Other issues raised during consultation ....................................................................................... 38 7.1 Overall analysis of ‘other’ issues ....................................................................................... 38 7.2 Snapshot of ‘other’ issues .................................................................................................. 38 8. Detailed opportunities to support Actions .................................................................................... 40 Summary of key actions ............................................................................................................... 40 9. References ................................................................................................................................... 51 ii | Transport for NSW - Regional Boating Plan, 21/23122 Table index Table 1 – External stakeholders consulted at a regional level ............................................................... 12 Table 2 – Profile of survey respondents ................................................................................................. 13 Table 3 – Perceived importance of safety issues – survey responses .................................................. 20 Table 4 – List of Grants provided to Taree – Great Lakes Region through the BBP projects ............... 25 Table 5 – Perceived importance of access and infrastructure issues – survey responses ................... 28 Table 6 – Perceived importance of storage issues – survey responses ................................................ 35 Table 7 - Location based key issues, potential solutions and opportunities .......................................... 41 Figure index Figure 1 – Map of regions ........................................................................................................................ 4 Figure 2 – Manning catchment ................................................................................................................. 7 Figure 3 – Wallis Lake and surrounds ...................................................................................................... 8 Figure 4 – Smiths Lake and surrounds .................................................................................................... 9 Figure 5 – Infringement analysis ............................................................................................................ 18 Figure 6 – Survey response – overall safety satisfaction ....................................................................... 20 Figure 7 – Examples of locations with safety issues .............................................................................. 22 Figure 8 – Example access facilities within the region ........................................................................... 25 Figure 9 – Completed BBP projects examples within the region ........................................................... 27 Figure 10 – Survey response– overall satisfaction with access and infrastructure facilities ................... 27 Figure 11 – Examples of access issues ................................................................................................. 30 Figure 12 – Crowdy boat harbour (top row), private marinas on the Manning River and boatshed in Forster (bottom row) ....................................................................................... 32 Figure 13 – Examples of commercial vessel storage in Forster, and rowing club in Taree................... 33 Figure 14 – Survey response – overall satisfaction of storage facilities ................................................ 35 Figure 15 – Examples of storage issues identified during regional site visits ........................................ 37 Appendices Appendix A – Details of Stakeholder Consultation Appendix B – Maps GHD | Report for Transport for NSW - Regional Boating Plan, 21/23122 | iii 1. Introduction The NSW Government is seeking to improve the experience of recreational boating across NSW through the development of Regional Boating Plans. These plans will identify the priority projects and actions over the coming years in order to keep our waterways safe, improve accessibility and enhance the overall boating experience. The Regional Boating Plans are being developed by the Maritime Management Centre (MMC) in Transport for NSW, working closely with Roads and Maritime Services (Roads and Maritime) and consultants with expertise in coastal infrastructure. The plans will be used to inform projects to be funded out of a new boating infrastructure partnership program. The new program will replace the successful Better Boating Program and will see more funding available for boating facilities across NSW with a stronger focus on delivering projects that will provide the greatest strategic benefit to each region. The State’s major waterways have been grouped according to geography and waterway management to form eleven distinct regions as shown in Figure 1. A Regional Boating Plan will be developed for each of these regions. Figure 1 – Map of regions Each