South Gippsland Sentinel Times

Calls for council not to hand foreshore land management to Government

Mar 30 2023 Updated March 30, 2023

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Members of the Yanakie Progress Association are keen to see a balance struck between conservation and community enjoyment of the Yanakie foreshore.

THE YANAKIE Progress Association (YPA) expressed its concerns over the potential transfer of land management responsibility for the Yanakie foreshore from the South Gippsland Shire Council to the State Government.

Council’s recent ‘Coastal Strategy Discussion Paper’ noted that council is the Committee of Management for 18 kilometres of Yanakie foreshore but lacks resources required to achie...