![]() ![]() Member Sue Hope told the meeting the liaison group had worked “very positively” towards solutions around increased maintenance and upgrading the stormwater system. SWAT formed in 2013 in response to the first flood. Sue Hope said work on the dam needed to be done immediately because there is a "real threat to life" if it overflows. Council staff, the Waihī Beach Community Board, representatives from local hapū Te Whānau ā Tauwhao and members of the Stormwater Action Team (SWAT) make up the group. ![]() The project list was put together by a community liaison group, formed in response to the flood. ![]() Others were raising gully traps in low lying areas, adding pump stations and looking at retaining stormwater in upper catchments.Ī budget of $19,674m has been allocated for Waihī Beach stormwater infrastructure in the council’s 2021-2031 long term plan. The 25 projects included improvements to the dam and Darley drain outlet that services the low lying area of Marine and Walnut Avenue, where the flood waters reached 1.2 -1.5 metres on May 29. The Western Bay of Plenty District Council was under fire after some community members felt it could have been avoided and called for more maintenance of the stormwater drains and creeks.Ī list of projects was approved by the council’s Projects and Monitoring Committee yesterday. ![]() It was the second large scale flood since 2012. Twenty seven people were forced to evacuate, including two families at the holiday park and 11 elderly residents from the council owned pensioner housing on Beach Road. Water rushed through the northern end of the town, filling up creeks, spilling over roads, flooding homes and the holiday park. On May 29 heavy rain and thunderstorms lashed the coastal town causing flash flooding and the dam to overflow. Waihī Beach should see progress on $19m of stormwater infrastructure after flash flooding in May caused the council to heed the community’s concerns. ![]()
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