Marine Board Invites Boaters to Participate in Boating Facility Planning
Every six years, the Oregon State Marine Board solicits feedback from boaters and facility owners to create a catalog of boating facility needs, and then assigns priorities to sites for grant funding. This information is compiled into the “Statewide Boating Access Improvement Plan,” commonly referred to as the “Six-Year Plan.” The agency invites boaters to participate in a survey to help identify where the needs are around the state.
“With over 1,100 boating access sites in Oregon operated and owned by more than 160 different recreational boating facility owners, the Marine Board relies heavily on feedback about the condition of boating facilities from all recreational boaters; motorized and non-motorized,” says Janine Belleque, Boating Facility Manager for the Marine Board. “We leverage the dollars brought in through boat registration fees and marine gas tax with federal grants and matching dollars from facility owners to maintain, as well as build, new recreational boating access in the state.”
The Marine Board does not own or operate any boating facilities in the state; however, the Marine Board’s Boating Facilities Section provides technical assistance to boating facility owners in the form of design, facility engineering, surveying, waterway permitting and grant funding to facility owners.
The Oregon Marine Board invites recreational boaters to complete an online survey and provide feedback on how to improve the area where you boat. Boaters can access an online survey at www.boatoregon.com, or go to the survey directly to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GWGC7L6. The survey will be available online through March 31, 2017.
To view the existing plan and completed facilities projects, visit http://bit.ly/2j0SSkX. For more information, contact the Marine Board’s Facility Section at 503-378-2727.
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