Sand dredged from Otago Harbour could be used to replenish Ocean Beach, a consultant has suggested. "Hard engineering" at St Clair had exacerbated erosion. Port Otago has consent to deposit up to 450,000cum of dredged material each year at Heyward Point, Aramoana and Shelly Beach. It will also deposit sand at Te Rauone Beach, where rock groynes are expected to retain the material. The consultant also highlighted about 45millioncum of material had accumulated behind the Roxburgh Dam and taking sand from Sandfly Bay was "plausible".

Source: Otago Daily Times August 15, 2021 16:30 UTC