A 15-year master plan for the Nelson Marina, is being lauded as a long overdue and necessarily ambitious project to help spur better overall utilisation and tourism.
“I grew up here and the marina hasn’t changed since I was a kid,” marina manager Nigel Skeggs told Stuff.co.nz. “It’s something that could have been done a long time ago,” he said, calling it a much needed modernisation. “I think it’s a really, really positive thing for Nelson. From the cultural aspect, the economic aspect, and the social side.”
The plan includes several projects including a dedicated floating fuel pier, a reconfiguration – and planned future extension – of the marina and long-term plans for a dry-stack facility. Also included are a waterfront promenade, a pocket park, premises for a café, a potential site for a new sea sports facility.
“It’s very ambitious,” said Steve Thomas, chair of the Nelson Marina Berth Holders Association. “Which is what we wanted.”
The marina currently lacks space for additional and bigger boats, he said, and so he was pleased to see a reconfiguration of the existing berths to make more space.
