The Jam Jerrup coastline has been experiencing significant erosion that is impacting on native vegetation, public access and safety in the area.
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) in partnership with the Bass Coast Shire Council, University of Melbourne and Lang Lang Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management have developed an erosion management plan that will focus on a hybrid approach to combat erosion in the area.
Critical work implementing these management actions to protect the coastline along Jam Jerrup have been ongoing since April 2021.
Seeking to slow the increasing rate of erosion to the Jam Jerrup coastline and protect important community assets these works will combine tried and tested methods of hard-structure coastal defence with new trials of nature-based solutions, led by the University of Melbourne.
The program consists of:
This hybrid solution to coastal erosion, including the use of mangroves are part of a world-wide push to find natural means of coastal erosion prevention and will contribute to a study being conducted by the University of Melbourne.