NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says he is now convinced the Warragamba Dam wall needs to be raised just one year after warning the project was economically unviable.
A controversial plan to raise the Warragamba Dam wall will be fast-tracked by the NSW government despite warnings over the project’s environmental impacts
As Sydney is again drenched by enough rain to tip the city over into its wettest year in history,the danger posed to low-lying regions by flooding is obvious.
Raising the Warragamba Dam wall could save more than 8000 people from flood risk by 2041,according to modelling the NSW government will use to justify the controversial project.
After four floods in two years,Darrell Davis cannot afford a rebuild of his Windsor home. He only has two options:sell up or hope for a government buyback scheme.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said that by 2040,about 40,000 people would need to be evacuated during flooding events in the Hawkesbury-Nepean region if there was a repeat of the catastrophic flooding of July.
The NSW Premier says raising the wall of Sydney’s main dam was the only solution to protect the city from major floods.
As thousands of residents turn their attention to the mammoth clean-up effort after heavy rain and flash flooding smashed them for the third time this year,the question over whether the Warragamba Dam wall should be raised has reared its head again.
We’ve built ourselves a big problem. None of the answers will be cheap,writes a former deputy director-general of the NSW State Emergency Service.
Tens of thousands have been evacuated from their homes and authorities warn more are likely to be affected as large parts of the NSW coast brace for another wet day
Thousands of homes in parts of Sydney that have never previously flooded were warned they could face significant threats.