BY IAN CROUCH
Long suffering boat owners who've struggled with the ongoing silting up of Swansea Channel are getting some welcome news today.
The Albanese government is fulfilling a 2022 election promise to fund a permanent dredge, with Shortland MP Pat Conroy and Hunter MP, Dan Repacholi to make an official announcement at Pelican on Friday morning.
$10 million will not only buy dredging infrastructure, it will also fund the design, manufacture and installation of a sand transfer pipeline to Blacksmiths Beach and the replacement of the Blacksmiths Boat Ramp.
The dredge project will be put out to tender early in the new year.
