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Yet Another Attempt To Open Shoalhaven River

Thursday, 02 August 2012 00:53

A new task force is to be established in yet another bid to open the Shoalhaven River to the sea at Shoalhaven Heads.

Repeated attempts have been made for almost half a century to develop a permanent entrance, but the cost, which expected to run into tens of millions of dollars, has always been the major sticking point.

Main reason there is no longer a permanent entrance goes back almost 200 years when the area's first white settler Alexander Berry dug Australia's first water transport canal between the Shoalhaven and Crookhaven Rivers.

Now water coming down the Shoalhaven flows into the canal, into the Crookhaven and then out to sea.

The only time Shoalhaven Heads opens is in a major flood event, and even then mechanical assistance is required.

Kiama MP Gareth Ward says while a fully constructed entrance, with rock breakwaters, is not likely in the short term, there are things which can be done

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