The Minister for Transport #TheHonDavidElliot recently announced that a Special Boating Asset Maintenance Sub-Program has been approved to assist Councils maintain boat ramp and other public maritime infrastructure.
The Boating Asset Maintenance Sub-Program provides up to $2 million to help boating infrastructure owners across NSW to undertake minor repair and maintenance works of boating infrastructure.
This one-off funding contribution is available for the repair and/or maintenance of boat ramps, pontoons, wharves, jetties or boat ramp car and trailer parking facilities that are available to the general boating public.
These assets must also provide direct benefits to recreational boaters and must be included on an existing annual maintenance schedule or have its own asset maintenance plan in place at the time of application.
The sub-program will fund up to $30,000 for repair and/or maintenance works per asset, up to a maximum of $60,000 per applicant for multiple assets.
Further details on the sub-program and the eligibility criteria are available in the sub-program guidelines.
Application forms should be downloaded and emailed to mido@transport.nsw.gov.au by 5pm Friday 30 September 2022.
So if your Local Boat Ramp or its Infrastructure looks like it needs some help to be maintained then give your Eurobodalla Council's Open Space and Recreational Asset Manager a call on 44741000, start that important discussion, then follow them up to make sure they have put their application in before the closing date, which should result in a minimum of 32+ Councils getting $60k or less, to assist in funding their 2022/23 Maritime Infrastructure Asset Maintenance Programme.
