A group, including some city councillors, met yesterday and agreed to push on with a proposal conceived by Dunedin man Rob Fitzpatrick.
He pitched it principally as an art installation, replicating the series of poles that used to be at St Clair Beach before they fell into disrepair.
The cost would be met by crowd funding and public appeal, the group agreed.
Mr Radich was a determined and consistent advocate for groynes, arguing they had historically built up sand on the beach.
He died earlier this month.
Mr Fitzpatrick had known Mr Radich — "so after he passed on I decided it would be a great idea to have a tribute to Jules, reinstall those groynes, not necessarily to retain the sand, but as an art object", he said.
City councillor Andrew Simms said the St Clair groynes featured heavily in wedding photos and graduation photos for decades.
Reinstating them would require a resource consent from the Otago Regional Council.
"The response and support of the public would also be crucial to getting this project off the sand," Cr Simms said.
Practicalities of the project were discussed at length with Cr Russell Lund, he said.
Cr Brent Weatherall said it could bring positivity to the beach out of the loss of a St Clair and city identity.
Other people at the meeting included Crs Lee Vandervis, Doug Hall and John Chambers, former councillor Conrad Stedman and an election candidate who almost made it on to the city council in October, Bruce Ranga.
