It came just days after the ramp\u2019s busiest weekend of the year, when about 130 boats put to sea in the club\u2019s four-day Megafish tournament.<\/p>\n
The affected portion of the wharf has been fenced off ever since, but allowed the owners continued access to their boats and moorings.<\/p>\n
It was unclear on Thursday what the future would be for being able to board their craft.<\/p>\n
The council said Nelson Quay Wharf, off which is the launching ramp at the Hawke\u2019s Bay Sports Fishing Club, is closed until further notice and that council is exploring all options for the wharf\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
Structural issues identified with the wharf in 2025 remain unchanged, it said, adding updated health and safety advice means the council is \u201ctaking all reasonable steps to ensure public safety\u201d.<\/p>\n
Mayor Richard McGrath, who was elected to the position when the local elections ended just days before the initial moves in October, said council has a duty of care to all users and the wider community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe closed the wharf several months ago, when information about its structural integrity came to light,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The extended fencing closing Nelson Quay wharf at Ahuriri, Napier. Photo \/ Doug Laing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe allowed restricted access to boat owners only. Now we are taking this a step further, with the updated advice we\u2019ve received.\u201d<\/p>\n
An engineering report commissioned last year identified significant issues with the stability and structural safety of the wharf, and as a result the restrictions were put in place.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, our highest priority is public safety.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis may be inconvenient for some and we are working closely with users to make sure they understand the issues and the actions we are taking to keep everyone safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doug Laing is a Hawke\u2019s Bay Today reporter based in Napier with a journalism career dating back 53 years, more than 40 years of which has been covering local and regional events and issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It came just days after the ramp\u2019s busiest weekend of the year, when about 130 boats put to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18919,5263,1558,80138,5201,42,8454,25370,114804,3607,35479,91,43,9769,82257,223,61,40,38,41,39,16742,13639,102],"class_list":{"0":"post-279986","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-aged","9":"tag-all","10":"tag-been","11":"tag-boaties","12":"tag-closed","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-including","15":"tag-iron","16":"tag-moorings","17":"tag-napier","18":"tag-napiers","19":"tag-nelson","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-owners","22":"tag-quay","23":"tag-the","24":"tag-to","25":"tag-top-news","26":"tag-top-stories","27":"tag-topnews","28":"tag-topstories","29":"tag-users","30":"tag-wharf","31":"tag-with"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}