Flood-prone properties

Gosford Council has resolved that properties in Australia Ave, Umina, identified in 2002 as being below flood planning levels, be "encoded" as being one per cent flood liable and subject to flood planning level restrictions.

The properties would also be encoded with similar management conditions that apply to the Australia Ave arm of the Kahibah Creek Flood Plain Management Plan, following approval of the study by council and the Department of Natural Resources.

Council's flood risk management committee member Mr Dave Simpson recently advised the committee that a 1992 Flood Study downstream of Australia Ave "did not include the channel located upstream of Australia Ave".

In 2002, maintenance plans investigated the Australia Ave channel, and a study upstream of Australia Ave revealed that "several properties are below the flood planning levels".

Council agenda FM.052, 1 May 2007