Boaters enjoying the waters off Dover Park will benefit from an $80,000 gangway upgrade.
The gangway and pontoon are popular with local boaters including Sailability, the not-for-profit organisation which, through the activity of sailing, enriches the lives of people with disability.
"Accessibility to the Dover Park gangway has been reduced as a result of sedimentation build up within Kogarah Bay," Georges River councillor Nick Katris said.
To solve the problem, Cr Katris has joined forces with fellow councillor Stephen Agius, deciding to contribute $80,000 of Kogarah Bay ward funding towards the project from the Councillors' Minor Capital Works Fund.
"The increased sediment build-up is causing the pontoon to sit on the bottom of the bay at low-tide, thereby affecting accessibility of the boating infrastructure," Councillor Agius said.
"We weren't going to be dissuaded from contributing to the project just because we sit on the border of Blakehurst Ward, which Dover Park sits within.
"The boating community who enjoy and use this space aren't confined to only one ward.
"We're keen to provide beneficial infrastructure for all Georges River residents, no matter which ward they're in," he said.
On completion of feasibility studies and sediment migration modelling commissioned by Council, it is proposed that a longer gangway will be installed and existing infrastructure will be moved beyond the sediment accumulation zone.
Modelling has determined that extending the gangway will ensure that enhanced access is maintained into the future for boaters on Kogarah Bay.
