Flood Mitigation

Meeting: City Infrastructure Committee 

Meeting date: 4 May 2022

Raised by: Deputy Lord Mayor Burnet

Question: 

This week marks the 4th anniversary of the May 2018 floods that impacted parts of Hobart including South Hobart. Only very recently have some residents returned to their homes in Degraves St. 
In order to understand what mitigation has or needs to occur, particularly in South Hobart:

Could the Director please disclose what works have been done to accommodate the same or greater volume of water in any similar weather event?

Is remediation of the landfill at McRobies Gully likely to cause any greater velocity and volume of water and debris run-off?

 

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