11. OBoat Hire - Development Assessment Report

PROJECT URBAN – 21280                                                                                                        2022

From the original approach from the land onto the central access jetty, a small hinged walkway
on the left leads down to a pontoon finger arrangement on the upstream side.




                 Figure 15 – Left side access (upstream) walkway and pontoon finger (Source: The Jetty Specialist)

Currently, vessels are generally “rafted” together (moored side-by-side) for securing to the
fingers. Direct access for customers is only available to those vessels immediately beside a finger
pontoon.

Other vessels are tied to the central access jetty with ropes and pulled into the jetty for access by
customers/passengers. This is not always a safe arrangement as the vessel deck lowers with the
outgoing tide creating a large step down from jetty deck to vessel deck.




                            Figure 16 – Left side (upstream) tied mooring (Source: The Jetty Specialist)
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Material Change of Use and associated Operational Works
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