VISITOR AND RECREATION SERVICES: Outcomes and achievements ALLOCATION $7.3M Objectives and Strategies Restore visitor access ● Repair or replace visitor facilities, recreational and tourist built assets ● Achievements The restoration of the road network for accessing public sites e.g. the re-opening of ● Tamboritha Road, which provides access to the Alpine National Park, occurred within six months of the major flood event. The provision of public access to visitor sites within months of the major flood event ● e.g. public access to Ninety Mile beach was restored by summer 2007. Restoration of the walking network e.g. Blue Pool, Little Cabbage Tree Creek ● Falls and Youngs Creek Loop Track were opened within six months of the major flood event. Re-opening of public recreation sites e.g. Chenynes Bridge Recreation Area was ● opened by December, 2008. The Gippsland flood/storm events rendered a great deal of the public land inaccessible to the public. Tree fall, landslips and erosion severely damaged several roads, walking tracks and camping areas within parks, reserves and State forests in Gippsland. Immediately post-flood, the highest priorities in the recovery process were damage-assessment and the facilitation of local access to private land. Damage assessment was undertaken as soon as it was safe and practical to access impacted areas of public land. The completed asset assessments formed the basis for the identification of insurable works, the opening strategy and the prioritisation of recovery works. The second priority, to facilitate access to private land, concerned the high-country townships of Licola and Glencairn, were effectively cut-off after the flood washed away and damaged parts of Licola Road, including Cheynes Bridge. VicRoads installed a temporary bridge within six weeks of the June flood event, however, this was washed away in a subsequent flood in November, 2007. The temporary bridge was repaired within four days. A permanent flood-proof bridge was in September, 2008, securing access for locals into the future. Springs Road, which provides access to Licola from Seaton, was re-opened by DSE within five months of the major flood event.
VISITOR AND RECREATION SERVICES: Outcomes and achievements ALLOCATION $7.3M Objectives and Strategies ● Restore visitor access ● Repair or replace visitor facilities, recreational and tourist built assets Achievements ● The restoration of the road network for accessing public sites e.g. the re-opening of Tamboritha Road, which provides access to the Alpine National Park, occurred within six months of the major flood event. ● The provision of public access to visitor sites within months of the major flood event e.g. public access to Ninety Mile beach was restored by summer 2007. ● Restoration of the walking network e.g. Blue Pool, Little Cabbage Tree Creek Falls and Youngs Creek Loop Track were opened within six months of the major flood event. ● Re-opening of public recreation sites e.g. Chenynes Bridge Recreation Area was by December, 2008. The Gippsland flood/storm events rendered a great deal of the public land inaccessible to the public. Tree fall, landslips and erosion severely damaged several roads, walking tracks and camping areas within parks, reserves and State forests in Gippsland. Immediately post-flood, the highest priorities in the recovery process were damage-assessment and the facilitation of local access to private land. Damage assessment was undertaken as soon as it was safe and practical to access impacted areas of public land. The completed asset assessments formed the basis for the identification of insurable works, the opening strategy and the prioritisation of recovery works. The second priority, to facilitate access to private land, concerned the high-country townships of Licola and Glencairn, were effectively cut-off after the flood washed away and damaged parts of Licola Road, including Cheynes Bridge. VicRoads installed a temporary bridge within six weeks of the June flood event, however, this was washed away in a subsequent flood in November, 2007. The temporary bridge was repaired within four days. A permanent flood-proof bridge was opened in September, 2008, securing access for locals into the future. Springs Road, which provides access to Licola from Seaton, was re-opened by DSE within five months of the major flood event.
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