State Budget 2025: $21.5 million for Stockton beach renourishment
Next week's state budget will include $21.5 million for vital sand renourishment works at Stockton beach as part of the largest beach repair project in the state's history.
The funding will help ensure the beach's long-term future and protect the area's Aboriginal heritage and recreational and economic assets.
The government has worked with the City of Newcastle to deliver 130,000 cubic metres of sand to nourish Stockton beach to date.
The new funding will ensure the government can deliver the next phase of the Stockton beach Repair Blueprint.
Actions include finalising environmental approvals, creating and implementing an environmental monitoring plan, securing licences, planning the approach to procurement, and delivering beach nourishment.
"I have been fighting for Stockton beach alongside the community since I was first elected as the Member for Newcastle. I secured $21.5 million for mass sand nourishment, and I am so pleased to be delivering on that commitment," Stockton Special Advisory Panel Chairman and Member for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp said.
"It's one thing to have a blueprint - it's another to have the funding confirmed in this year's budget and to be moving onto the next steps of getting sand back on the beach."
The Newcastle Herald reported in March that public assets at the northern end of the beach were under "immediate threat" due to the impact of relentless coastal erosion.
The warning, contained in the draft Extended Stockton Coastal Management Plan, proposed a medium to long-term plan to manage ongoing sand movement between Little beach and the Port Stephens local government boundary.
However, the recent storms stripped even more sand from the beach.
City of Newcastle brought in heavy machinery on low tide this week to recontour the beach to slow further sand loss.
The work involves scraping sand from the lower part of the beach and depositing it close to land to support and accelerate the natural processes of sand accumulation, to increase dune resilience ahead of mass sand nourishment.
The government's new investment over five years is in addition to the $6.3 million stage one project administered by the state government and jointly funded by the federal government and the City of Newcastle Council.
The government will continue to involve the community and seek their input on the restoration process. The Stockton Special Advisory Panel will continue to provide important stakeholder perspectives.
"Locals have fought for action on Stockton beach for years, and now, the Minns Labor Government is delivering," Minister for the Hunter Yasmin Catley said.
"We've already seen the first signs of recovery with sand returned to the beach. This next round of funding means we can keep that momentum going, push ahead with planning and approvals, and deliver the long-term solution Stockton needs.
"This is about protecting a place that means so much to locals - for lifestyle, for culture, and for the economy."
Next week's state budget will include $21.5 million for vital sand renourishment works at Stockton beach as part of the largest beach repair project in the state's history.
The funding will help ensure the beach's long-term future and protect the area's Aboriginal heritage and recreational and economic assets.
The government has worked with the City of Newcastle to deliver 130,000 cubic metres of sand to nourish Stockton beach to date.
The new funding will ensure the government can deliver the next phase of the Stockton beach Repair Blueprint.
Actions include finalising environmental approvals, creating and implementing an environmental monitoring plan, securing licences, planning the approach to procurement, and delivering beach nourishment.
"I have been fighting for Stockton beach alongside the community since I was first elected as the Member for Newcastle. I secured $21.5 million for mass sand nourishment, and I am so pleased to be delivering on that commitment," Stockton Special Advisory Panel Chairman and Member for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp said.
"It's one thing to have a blueprint - it's another to have the funding confirmed in this year's budget and to be moving onto the next steps of getting sand back on the beach."
The Newcastle Herald reported in March that public assets at the northern end of the beach were under "immediate threat" due to the impact of relentless coastal erosion.
The warning, contained in the draft Extended Stockton Coastal Management Plan, proposed a medium to long-term plan to manage ongoing sand movement between Little beach and the Port Stephens local government boundary.
However, the recent storms stripped even more sand from the beach.
City of Newcastle brought in heavy machinery on low tide this week to recontour the beach to slow further sand loss.
The work involves scraping sand from the lower part of the beach and depositing it close to land to support and accelerate the natural processes of sand accumulation, to increase dune resilience ahead of mass sand nourishment.
The government's new investment over five years is in addition to the $6.3 million stage one project administered by the state government and jointly funded by the federal government and the City of Newcastle Council.
The government will continue to involve the community and seek their input on the restoration process. The Stockton Special Advisory Panel will continue to provide important stakeholder perspectives.
"Locals have fought for action on Stockton beach for years, and now, the Minns Labor Government is delivering," Minister for the Hunter Yasmin Catley said.
"We've already seen the first signs of recovery with sand returned to the beach. This next round of funding means we can keep that momentum going, push ahead with planning and approvals, and deliver the long-term solution Stockton needs.
"This is about protecting a place that means so much to locals - for lifestyle, for culture, and for the economy."
Next week's state budget will include $21.5 million for vital sand renourishment works at Stockton beach as part of the largest beach repair project in the state's history.
The funding will help ensure the beach's long-term future and protect the area's Aboriginal heritage and recreational and economic assets.
The government has worked with the City of Newcastle to deliver 130,000 cubic metres of sand to nourish Stockton beach to date.
The new funding will ensure the government can deliver the next phase of the Stockton beach Repair Blueprint.
Actions include finalising environmental approvals, creating and implementing an environmental monitoring plan, securing licences, planning the approach to procurement, and delivering beach nourishment.
"I have been fighting for Stockton beach alongside the community since I was first elected as the Member for Newcastle. I secured $21.5 million for mass sand nourishment, and I am so pleased to be delivering on that commitment," Stockton Special Advisory Panel Chairman and Member for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp said.
"It's one thing to have a blueprint - it's another to have the funding confirmed in this year's budget and to be moving onto the next steps of getting sand back on the beach."
The Newcastle Herald reported in March that public assets at the northern end of the beach were under "immediate threat" due to the impact of relentless coastal erosion.
The warning, contained in the draft Extended Stockton Coastal Management Plan, proposed a medium to long-term plan to manage ongoing sand movement between Little beach and the Port Stephens local government boundary.
However, the recent storms stripped even more sand from the beach.
City of Newcastle brought in heavy machinery on low tide this week to recontour the beach to slow further sand loss.
The work involves scraping sand from the lower part of the beach and depositing it close to land to support and accelerate the natural processes of sand accumulation, to increase dune resilience ahead of mass sand nourishment.
The government's new investment over five years is in addition to the $6.3 million stage one project administered by the state government and jointly funded by the federal government and the City of Newcastle Council.
The government will continue to involve the community and seek their input on the restoration process. The Stockton Special Advisory Panel will continue to provide important stakeholder perspectives.
"Locals have fought for action on Stockton beach for years, and now, the Minns Labor Government is delivering," Minister for the Hunter Yasmin Catley said.
"We've already seen the first signs of recovery with sand returned to the beach. This next round of funding means we can keep that momentum going, push ahead with planning and approvals, and deliver the long-term solution Stockton needs.
"This is about protecting a place that means so much to locals - for lifestyle, for culture, and for the economy."
Next week's state budget will include $21.5 million for vital sand renourishment works at Stockton beach as part of the largest beach repair project in the state's history.
The funding will help ensure the beach's long-term future and protect the area's Aboriginal heritage and recreational and economic assets.
The government has worked with the City of Newcastle to deliver 130,000 cubic metres of sand to nourish Stockton beach to date.
The new funding will ensure the government can deliver the next phase of the Stockton beach Repair Blueprint.
Actions include finalising environmental approvals, creating and implementing an environmental monitoring plan, securing licences, planning the approach to procurement, and delivering beach nourishment.
"I have been fighting for Stockton beach alongside the community since I was first elected as the Member for Newcastle. I secured $21.5 million for mass sand nourishment, and I am so pleased to be delivering on that commitment," Stockton Special Advisory Panel Chairman and Member for Newcastle Tim Crakanthorp said.
"It's one thing to have a blueprint - it's another to have the funding confirmed in this year's budget and to be moving onto the next steps of getting sand back on the beach."
The Newcastle Herald reported in March that public assets at the northern end of the beach were under "immediate threat" due to the impact of relentless coastal erosion.
The warning, contained in the draft Extended Stockton Coastal Management Plan, proposed a medium to long-term plan to manage ongoing sand movement between Little beach and the Port Stephens local government boundary.
However, the recent storms stripped even more sand from the beach.
City of Newcastle brought in heavy machinery on low tide this week to recontour the beach to slow further sand loss.
The work involves scraping sand from the lower part of the beach and depositing it close to land to support and accelerate the natural processes of sand accumulation, to increase dune resilience ahead of mass sand nourishment.
The government's new investment over five years is in addition to the $6.3 million stage one project administered by the state government and jointly funded by the federal government and the City of Newcastle Council.
The government will continue to involve the community and seek their input on the restoration process. The Stockton Special Advisory Panel will continue to provide important stakeholder perspectives.
"Locals have fought for action on Stockton beach for years, and now, the Minns Labor Government is delivering," Minister for the Hunter Yasmin Catley said.
"We've already seen the first signs of recovery with sand returned to the beach. This next round of funding means we can keep that momentum going, push ahead with planning and approvals, and deliver the long-term solution Stockton needs.
"This is about protecting a place that means so much to locals - for lifestyle, for culture, and for the economy."
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