State government support needed to shore up Stockton's fragile coastline

Donna Page
Updated September 24 2019 - 1:15pm, first published 7:30pm
SHIFTING SANDS: Workers use a crane to install large sandbags along Stockton beach as a temporary measure to protect homes and roads from worsening erosion. Picture: Marina Neil
SHIFTING SANDS: Workers use a crane to install large sandbags along Stockton beach as a temporary measure to protect homes and roads from worsening erosion. Picture: Marina Neil

COASTAL erosion experts will visit Stockton beach on Wednesday to assess the need for further sandbags to prevent the former childcare centre and a road from slipping into the ocean.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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