Media response - Witton Bluff sea wall repair funding

Published on 24 January 2025

Response to the Fleurieu Sun.

• Just came across a release from the Dep. of Environment and Water and Onkaparinga have received $245,000 to help with seawall repairs at Witton Bluff. Wondering if we could grab a few comments about this?

Comments attributed to Mayor Moira Were

It’s really pleasing to have secured another funding contribution through the Coast Protection Board’s Coast Protection Grants Program after the $355,000 we’d already received through the program.

Combined with a $1.2 million Australian Government grant through its Disaster Ready Fund and the council’s $600,000 contribution, that’s a $2.4 million investment to protect Christies Beach’s iconic cliffs from erosion and sea-level rise.

We’ve done a huge amount of work for many years investigating how climate change and sea-level rise could impact Onkaparinga. This sea wall repair project is yet another example of how we then use this data in adaptation projects to protect our people and places.

A big thankyou to the state and federal governments for partnering with us on these important repairs.

ENDS