RAMPING UP TO IMPROVE BOATING AT POINT RICHARDS
Set for upgrade
The popular Point Richards boat ramp on the Bellarine Peninsula (Vic) is set to get an additional 50 car-trailer parking spots, to improve parking and enable more people to use the facility.
The Point Richards upgrade project is one of six priority projects from the Andrews Labor Government supporting local jobs and comes on top of Better Boating Victoria (BBV) making launching and parking at boat ramps free.
The upgrade to the Point Richards facilities will be completed in two stages, with the carpark work to be finalised before improvements to reduce seagrass impact at the boat ramp are undertaken. BBV is working closely with the Bellarine Bayside Foreshore Committee of Management on both upgrade packages.
The carpark expansion will add 50 parking spaces that allow for both a car and trailer. This will improve traffic flow around the busy ramp – providing unrestricted access to Port Phillip and allowing larger vessels to be launched.
There will also be six additional car-trailer parking spaces added to the existing carpark and a new standard parking area will be created to the south of the ramp and adjacent to the beach to significantly boost capacity.
Minister for Fishing and Boating Melissa Horne said,“We know how popular boating is on the Bellarine and within Greater Geelong, with one of the highest rates of vessel registrations in the state.”