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Auckland Council assessed nine boat ramps in the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board area over summer to see where improvements are needed to relieve the pressure caused by high demand.
Staff told local board members at last month’s workshop that it was hard to accurately assess the numbers using the ramps. The work undertaken indicated that it would be difficult for Council to make changes to ramps on Whangaparāoa Peninsula that go onto the beach, without negative effects on other users.
The recommendation is that the local board focus its efforts on the ramp on the Hammerhead in Gulf Harbour. The next step is a more detailed investigation into what is needed to improve the performance of the Hammerhead boat ramp, where the main issue is a bottleneck caused by the number of boaties launching and retrieving their craft.
Last year local board members also raised issues at Stanmore Bay and Hatfields Beach ramps, including the need to widen them, and were told by Council staff that evidence of waiting times would be needed to create a case for improving the ramps.
