The Warneet Boating Precinct Plan continues to provide a clear vision for future boating facilities at Warneet.
We released the Warneet Boating Precinct Plan in late 2021, with concept plans for upgrades to boating and local port assets.
BBV has been working with engineering firm Stantec and other asset managers, including Parks Victoria, Warneet Foreshore Committee of Management, Casey City Council, the Department of Transport & Planning and the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and the Bunurong Land Council to prepare detailed designs to facilitate future upgrades at Warneet.
Warneet’s jetties and boating assets like ramps, carparks and pontoons are complex and managed by several different organisations.
The local facilities provide access to Rutherford Inlet and Western Port – situated across Warneet North and South. With multiple managers of the area, a highly coordinated approach is required.
The steps identified in the plan include developing detailed designs and approvals for upgrades including:
Asset managers are responsible for securing funding for asset upgrades. Works shown on this plan may be undertaken in stages. Parks Victoria have progressed the delivery of the Warneet North Jetty and Warneet South Jetty and awarded the construction contract. Warneet Jetties Project (parks.vic.gov.au) to see the Parks Victoria Warneet Jetties project update.
BBV is working with the stakeholders to finalise the Detailed Designs for the boat ramp and overflow carpark, boat ramp and pontoon extension. The timeline for the project is subject to future funding through the recreational boating action plan.
The plan comes as the Government continues making boating more accessible for all Victorians through the Better Boating Fund – a promise at the 2018 election to ensure all money from recreational vessel licence fees and registrations is reinvested into boating infrastructure and programs.