The West Tamar Council unanimously carried a motion put forward by Councillor Rick Shegog to adopt a new stage of the touted upgrade.

The motion means that “detailed design and planning approvals [can] begin”, according to the meeting’s agenda.

The potential upgrade plan includes a 40 vehicle car park, restoration of the beach, stormwater upgrades and a land reclamation package.

The council were presented four options at a recent council workshop, ranging from $708,000 to $1.8 million.

The plan adopted, titled plan D in council documents, will cost approximately $705,000.

Cr Shegog said the foreshore was long overdue for a redevelopment.

"This plan is a great leap forward," Cr Shegog said.

"It's been on the backburner for 20 years and its come from a grand design to something a bit more palatable for council and community.

"We look forward to the process of investigation and we hope in a short period of time we'll be able to bring something to council which we can start to move forward with."

The council will now look to commission a detailed design, conduct an environmental assessment and to start the government planning process. 

West Tamar Council’s infrastructure manager Greg Ingham said the first stage of the car park construction could begin.

A budget allowance of $75,000 had been allotted to cater for these developments.

Cr Shegog said the timing of the motion would give the council a good chance of attracting state government funding for the project.

“I think we've been a good council in terms of projects that are shovel ready,” Cr Shegog said.

“With elections coming up, we may find ourselves in as strong position to get state government to inject straight away if all the boxes are ticked.

“[This project] is a clear indication of how this council operates in getting its ducks in a row.”