Open Coast and Jervis Bay CMP Update - April 2025

Between March 2022 and January 2024 Council delivered over $115,000 (excl. GST) of contracted dune management activities at Collingwood beach through 1:1 grant funding contribution from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW, formerly Department of Planning and Environment (DPE)). The following outcomes were achieved as a result of these projects:

Installation and renewal of post and wire fencing at 11 Council managed Beach access tracks between Illfracombe Avenue and Susan Street.
Installation and renewal of approximately 1.5 km of post and wire fencing along the shoreward side of the Shared User Path between Illfracombe Avenue and Susan Street.
Vegetation pruning to achieve pedestrian clearance standards along all access fencing and Share User Pathway.
Weed control works along the extent of Collingwood beach targeting Mother of Millions (Bryophyllum sp.), Sea Spurge (Euphorbia paralias), Fleabane (Conyza sp.) and other broad leaf annuals.
Sand nourishment along all managed Beach access tracks via mechanical movement of local beach sand / undertaking of Nature Assisted Beach Enhancement (Beach scraping/NABE).
Revegetation for the purposes of dune stabilisation and biodiversity improvement with shrub, ground cover and vine species (2,900 Native tube stock). Dune restoration works were targeted to where ongoing vegetation vandalism had occurred and included planting of sections requiring diverse species with variable growth habit and root systems to help stabilise the dunes and provided outcomes for biodiversity improvement.
Development and installation of two (2) educational signs, and installation of seating.

The management of Collingwood Beach is now aligned with Council's Coastal Management Program (CMP) for the Open Coast and Jervis Bay, which was adopted by Council and certified and gazetted by the NSW State Government in late 2024.

Details of the CMP can be found via https://getinvolved.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/open-coast-and-jervis-bay-cmp.

Foreshore management works in line with the CMP which is underway currently including dune management works which commenced in July 2024 and will continue through the next 3-years.

Further updates on Councils foreshore management projects including the management of Collingwood Beach under the now applicable CMP, can be found at https://getinvolved.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/foreshore-protection-management. For further information and updates please subscribe to the Foreshore Protection Management page by clicking the Stay Informed box in the upper right-hand corner of the page. No further updates will be posted to https://getinvolved.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/collingwood-beach