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Consultation has concluded
Thank you for your feedback on the Upper Cockle Creek Flood Study and Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan Final Draft Reports. Your submissions have been considered and appropriately incorporated into the final documents. Council adopted the documents on Monday 22 July 2019.
Council has prepared a comprehensive draft flood study and risk management study and plan for the Upper Cockle Creek catchment, which defines the nature of flood risk in the area and provides management recommendations for more effective flood planning. The study area includes Edgeworth, Cameron Park, West Wallsend, Barnsley, Holmesville, Glendale and Killingworth.
Once endorsed, Council Officers will implement the Plan. This is expected to occur in mid-late 2019.
Thank you for your feedback on the Upper Cockle Creek Flood Study and Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan Final Draft Reports. Your submissions have been considered and appropriately incorporated into the final documents. Council adopted the documents on Monday 22 July 2019.
Council has prepared a comprehensive draft flood study and risk management study and plan for the Upper Cockle Creek catchment, which defines the nature of flood risk in the area and provides management recommendations for more effective flood planning. The study area includes Edgeworth, Cameron Park, West Wallsend, Barnsley, Holmesville, Glendale and Killingworth.
Once endorsed, Council Officers will implement the Plan. This is expected to occur in mid-late 2019.
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Continuing with flood awareness programs, optimising flood emergency management and improving flood warning systems should be high priority actions for the Upper Cockle Creek Floodplain, according to a draft study on public exhibition.
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Lake Macquarie City Council is
undertaking a flood study of the Upper Cockle Creek catchment to better
understand, plan and manage existing and future flood risks in the area.
The community is encouraged to
help Council identify the nature of flooding in Edgeworth, West Wallsend,
Barnsley, Holmesville, Glendale, Seahampton and Killingworth.
Council’s Manager Sustainability,
Alice Howe, said Council is committed to building flood resistant communities
across the City.
“There is a reasonably
well-documented history of flooding in the Upper Cockle Creek catchment,
which has caused significant damage in the past. Local knowledge of the
catchment and personal experiences of flooding will help us to further
understand and manage flooding in this catchment,” Dr Howe said.
Council has appointed a specialist
in flood models and floodplain management to carry out the study.
This study will update earlier
studies by using current flood modelling technology and more comprehensive
survey data that has only recently become available.