Coasts

The South Australian Government has announced a new investment in both metropolitan and regional coasts with:

• Additional sand, including sourcing around 500,000 cubic metres of external sand from outside of Adelaide for the metropolitan coastline ($20 million).
• Building a sand recycling pipeline from Semaphore to West Beach, as well as sand dune restoration and revegetation in partnership with local councils and community groups ($28.4 million).
• Support for regional coasts to help repair, restore and sustain them in partnership with local councils ($4 million).

The State Government is also restoring lost seagrass, working with local councils to limit damaging stormwater run-off from entering Gulf St Vincent, research and development and building a new reef. Find out more here.

To find out about sand movement works underway go to Adelaide beach works.

Read the Minister’s news release of 25 October 2019 ‘Semaphore sand carting program update’.

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More information

• Protecting our coastal environment
• Blue Carbon Strategy for South Australia
• Coast Protection Board
• Coastal development applications
• Research, reports and policies
• Contact us