The emergency dredging at Ettalong channel

It is reported that NSW Lands Minister Paul Toole visited Ettalong this morning to announce the government would contribute a quarter of a million dollars towards emergency works.

“The NSW government is going to provide around $250,000 of funding for emergency dredging,” he said.He also said an estimated 20,000 cubic metres of sand would have to be removed and it would take anywhere from two to four weeks to get ferries back up and running.Emergency dredging is completely separate to the Rescuing Our Waterways 50/50 funding. Mr Toole said if council had been making earlier applications for the Rescuing Our Waterways funding over the past few years, the channel would not be in this situation.

The project will benefit local people and environment.It is significant to conduct this project.

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