A Coastal Management Plan for Stockton recommends spending $19 million over 5 years to address the erosion crisis.
Newcastle Council last night voted to put the plan on public exhibition from today.
It recommends spending $10.5 million on building new sea walls and extending and maintaining the existing two rock walls.
If this is done then a further $4.5 million would be spent on putting 50,000 cubic metres of sand on the beach from proposed offshore dredging.
The plan says $21 million dollars would be needed for a mass offshore dredging program and a further $12 million needed for maintenance every decade, with funding for this expected to come from the state government.
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