Marengo Beach backs onto the Great Ocean Road, a highly popular tourist road. The beach was renourished with sand dredged from a nearby harbour to prevent erosion and storm damage for affecting this important infrastructure. More renourishment is planned to continue to build the resilience of the beach to coastal hazards.
Beach renourishment
Method: Replenished
Sand source: Same sediment compartment
Sand volume (m2): 16,000
Sand placement: Dune area
Frequency of renourishment: Periodic
Date of first renourishment: 2018
Approach
Beach renourishment, Dune replanting or construction
Geographic context
Open coast
Organisation responsible
VIC Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Otway Coast Committee
Primary objective
Coastal protection
Coastal hazard
Erosion
Asset vulnerable
Natural, Built
Length of coastline targeted (m)
500
Date of completion
2019
Cost ($AUD)
$100,000
Source of project funding
State government
Project approvals needed
State