General News
10 December, 2024
Reserve gates open after $800k upgrade
LAANECOORIE Reservoir’s Brownbill Recreation Reserve has reopened to the public after receiving a big makeover. A new boat ramp has been built and new carpark access track and foreshore improvements finished in the $800,000 project funded by the...
LAANECOORIE Reservoir’s Brownbill Recreation Reserve has reopened to the public after receiving a big makeover.
A new boat ramp has been built and new carpark access track and foreshore improvements finished in the $800,000 project funded by the Victorian Fisheries Authority’s better boating division.
Goulburn Murray Water’s Loddon/Campaspe storage manager Paul Wakenshaw said the improvements were great news for visitors to the reservoir.
“Laanecoorie Reservoir is popular with a lot of different user groups, such as water-skiers, speed boaters, canoers, and kayakers, all of whom will benefit from the upgrades,” he said.
“The new ramp is located further to the west to create further separation between high-speed boating areas and the passive recreation zones.
“The changes to the parking and access roads will also ease congestion and improve the accessibility of the site.”
Brownbill Recreation Reserve was closed throughout the works to ensure public safety and was again briefly closed last week for spray sealing of the new access track.
Visitors have been asked to drive with extra caution on the track to avoid damaging the surface.
The reservoir was also temporarily lowered to enable works on the new boat ramp to take place.
“We greatly appreciate people’s patience and cooperation during the works,” Mr Wakenshaw said. “We are delighted with the standard to which the works have been completed and look forward to seeing people make use of the new facilities as the weather warms up.”