Buller District Council

MajSC164 Fisherman's Wharf Fender Upgrade

The BDC intends to undertake targeted repair and upgrade works to the Fisherman’s Wharf fender system at Westport Harbour. Recent engineering inspection identified damaged, missing, or failed timber fender strips, broken upper and lower longitudinal beams, broken diagonal braces, missing timber packers, damaged or missing steel restraint brackets, and a broken wharf pile at Bent 43 requiring either pile replacement or an alternative approved strengthening solution.
The purpose of the works is to reinstate the wharf fendering system so that berthing impact loads are transferred through sound structural elements, to complete the minimum ancillary repairs required to support that outcome, and to address immediate structural risk at Bent 43.