Public exhibition - Dumaresq Dam Redevelopment Plan Stage 1
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This consultation has concluded. Thank you to everyone who provided input.
The Dumaresq Dam Redevelopment Plan aims to create an environmentally friendly Regional Nature Conservation Park where the community and visitors can reconnect with the natural environment and participate in passive recreational activities.
Stage 1 of the plan, on exhibition from Wednesday 7 October to Wednesday 18 November 2020, includes:
a limited camping area with primitive sites (without power)
picnic shelters and barbecue facilities
a kiosk
new boat ramp and jetty
an outdoor community stage
a viewing platform at the water's edge
internal roads and carparking
Council wants to have the plan finalised and adopted so the project is ready to be implemented when funding becomes available.
Residents are invited to make submissions by;
mail to Armidale Regional Council, 75A Rusden Street, Armidale 2350
dropped off in person to the Armidale or Guyra Offices
The redevelopment plan was informed by the Dumaresq Dam Upgrade Plan which was adopted in 2016 and included extensive community consultation.
In 2018, Council commissioned Local Government Engineering Services (LGES) to undertake a precinct planning exercise and provide detailed infrastructure designs for implementation.
LGES’s recommendations and designs included separating camping sites and pedestrians from traffic movements, site drainage and the overall layout to maximise views of the dam from each of the facilities.
The investigations in 2018 also included assessments of biodiversity, cultural heritage and the need to upgrade electrical services.
The current plan focuses on the picnic area and entrance road. However, walking tracks and interpretive signage throughout the conservation reserve will also be upgraded when funding becomes available. The reserve will be managed for the conservation of wildlife habitat and as a critical linkage between core koala habitat to the west through to Mount Duval Nature Reserve to the north of the Dumaresq Dam reserve.
The BackTrack Youth Works program will play a pivotal role in managing the Dumaresq Dam Conservation Reserve.
Printed copies of the Plan can be viewed at our Armidale and Guyra offices.
The Dumaresq Dam Redevelopment Plan aims to create an environmentally friendly Regional Nature Conservation Park where the community and visitors can reconnect with the natural environment and participate in passive recreational activities.
Stage 1 of the plan, on exhibition from Wednesday 7 October to Wednesday 18 November 2020, includes:
a limited camping area with primitive sites (without power)
picnic shelters and barbecue facilities
a kiosk
new boat ramp and jetty
an outdoor community stage
a viewing platform at the water's edge
internal roads and carparking
Council wants to have the plan finalised and adopted so the project is ready to be implemented when funding becomes available.
Residents are invited to make submissions by;
mail to Armidale Regional Council, 75A Rusden Street, Armidale 2350
dropped off in person to the Armidale or Guyra Offices
The redevelopment plan was informed by the Dumaresq Dam Upgrade Plan which was adopted in 2016 and included extensive community consultation.
In 2018, Council commissioned Local Government Engineering Services (LGES) to undertake a precinct planning exercise and provide detailed infrastructure designs for implementation.
LGES’s recommendations and designs included separating camping sites and pedestrians from traffic movements, site drainage and the overall layout to maximise views of the dam from each of the facilities.
The investigations in 2018 also included assessments of biodiversity, cultural heritage and the need to upgrade electrical services.
The current plan focuses on the picnic area and entrance road. However, walking tracks and interpretive signage throughout the conservation reserve will also be upgraded when funding becomes available. The reserve will be managed for the conservation of wildlife habitat and as a critical linkage between core koala habitat to the west through to Mount Duval Nature Reserve to the north of the Dumaresq Dam reserve.
The BackTrack Youth Works program will play a pivotal role in managing the Dumaresq Dam Conservation Reserve.
Printed copies of the Plan can be viewed at our Armidale and Guyra offices.
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