Floodplain study is essential reading for all residents
The draft Woy Woy Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan which Council currently has on exhibition is essential reading for all Peninsula residents.
The Study and Plan cover the whole Peninsula, not just Woy Woy.
The Study in particular is very informative, and while not an easy read, and for the first time brings together predicted impacts of sea level rise and high rainfall events.
It shows (amongst other things) and in map form, what would happen in a possible maximum flood (PMF) and what areas would become isolated due to road inundation etc.
It also shows which locations and properties on the hill sides would have high velocity flood waters flowing through them: important information for us all to be aware of.
Recent events in, amongst others, Lismore, the Hawkesbury and Auckland show how more extreme events are increasing in regularity.
We should not allow ourselves be caught by surprise.
The documents are available via Council's website https://www.yourvoiceourcoast.com/woy-woy-floodplain and at both Woy Woy and Umina libraries (ask at the desk).
Submissions close on February 15.
SOURCE:
Email, 3 Feb 2023
Sue Ellis, Umina Beach