The government in 2019 committed to raising the Wyangala Dam wall by 10 metres as a drought security and flood mitigation measure,however a business case analysis for the project remains incomplete.
Despite Premier Dominic Perrottet insisting the wall must be raised,theHerald revealed on Wednesday thatlaws giving the government power to expedite that process expired last year before any major work was ever undertaken.
As progress on the project languishes,Minns on Wednesday said he would not commit to raising the dam wall if elected next year,and cast doubt over whether it would even improve the flooding situation for communities on the Lachlan River.
Minns said rather than sporadic government promises to raise a dam wall,more meaningful work needed to occur to address flood mitigation in the Central West.
“We’re not going to get into the water wars where every election we promise billions of dollars of infrastructure and then at the end of the day,years later the people in NSW find out that the government hasn’t done a damn thing,” he said.
“We’re not committed to Wyangala Dam wall’s increase because we’re not convinced it will solve the problem. But that doesn’t mean you don’t do anything.”