The infrastructure was floated down from Willoughby’s Beach to reach its place a short walk from the Peppin Heritage Centre, after Edward River Council revealed its installation in its Riverfront Master Plan in 2018.
Edward River Council has already completed other sections of the master plan, including upgrades to the Beach to Beach walk and access points to the walk, with timber railing and asphalt and concrete walkways added in some sections.
Council’s plan says the Deniliquin Public Space Strategy ‘‘highlights the relationship of the Riverfront to Deniliquin as a river town’’.
‘‘The foreshore area from Hardinge Street in the north to Edwardes Street in the south forms the heart of the riverfront and its significant assets for the local community for reconciliation as well as an opportunity for tourism.’’
Due to this relationship, the master plan also aims to improve the layout of existing car parks, improvement to visibility of entry and exit points from riverside car parks, further planting of vegetation particularly to the road verge, upgraded and extended pontoons along with improved stair access to the carparks and riverfront walk, and improved grass picnic areas and better shade to the existing amphitheatre.
Another aspect of the plan aims to promote the town and riverside’s integral history with the Cobb Highway trade route.
The riverfront plan was adopted at the same time as the CBD master plan, which included the Napier St and Cressy St facelifts.
