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Demolition
of jetty step closer

Demolition of jetty step closer

BY DAMON CRONSHAW

02 Jan, 2011 04:00 AM

The demise of the Catherine Hill Bay jetty has moved a
step closer, with a plan lodged with authorities to demolish it.

The NSW government is assessing jetty owner LakeCoal’s plan to raze the
historic structure.

Demolition is planned to begin from the jetty’s ocean end towards the shore.

‘‘The jetty will need to support a crane and demolition equipment,’’ the
demolition plan said.

The jetty extends 240 metres into the ocean from a rock platform and has 43
steel piles and 21 spans.

Marine habitat on the piles would be destroyed during demolition. Most fish
and invertebrates around the piles would ‘‘fall off or move away to a nearby
reef prior to removal’’.

Species that rely on algae on the piles as a food source would probably
‘‘permanently disperse from the area as they would need to forage elsewhere’’.

The plan conceded the demolition would degrade the town’s attraction to scuba
divers.

An archaeological report, which accompanies LakeCoal’s plan, confirmed the
jetty’s heritage significance.

The former coal-loading jetty was a unique part of the bay’s heritage, but
its demise was inevitable through natural attrition or demolition because of a
lack of money to maintain it and no viable plan to reuse it, the report said.

Parts of the jetty will be kept for a memorial that will document its
history.

A wooden jetty was built at the bay in 1873, but burnt down in the mid-1880s.

A new timber jetty built in 1888 was severely damaged during the May 1974
Sygna storm and rebuilt in 1975.

The jetty was used for loading coal until 2002, when the Wallarah and Moonee
collieries closed.

The Department of Industry and Investment will accept public submissions on
the demolition plan until January 31.

The demolition plan can be found at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals/envir onment/

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These people who cry about displaced algae are ridiculous.
How much do the algae and other creatures pay to maintain this jetty?

Posted by Joe, 2/01/2011
11:19:27 PM, on The Herald

When a very rough sea hits the Piles the Marine Algea and
Habitat would be lost anyway so the species would still live around the general
area if there is a reef nearby. This is what happens all along the coast when
rough seas come along so what make the Wharf any different.

Posted by John the Mayor,
3/01/2011 4:38:59 AM, on The Herald

There is an alternative, what if the state took it over and
constructed a commercial building at the end of it, with a public viewing area
to lease at market rates to say a cafe,tavern,highest and best use etc,

You then have a fantastic tourist opportunity for the area that pays for it's
own maintenance.

Melbourne has it's St Kilda pier why not Catho. Yes that would mean more
people in the area and this will upset some, join the C21st.

Posted by Frank, 3/01/2011
9:32:36 AM, on The Herald

It appears that a sensible decision to demolish will result.
The need to consider algea and shellfish is surely over the top and is only an
excuse for a lot of nonsense filling the pages of the application.

Posted by Mac, 3/01/2011 9:52:49
AM, on The Herald

In New York Harbour they leave the piles (for marine life)
and remove the top of the jetty ( so no danger to the public)

Then they let nature take its course.

This makes everyone happy and it looks great.

Why not do the same

Posted by Sue, 3/01/2011 9:54:22
AM, on The Herald

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