Project update - Coastal Hazards Study Underway

Residents may spot extra activity along the foreshore during September and October as Wollongong City Council begins fieldwork for a Coastal Hazards Study.

Specialist consultants have been engaged to identify coastal hazards—including cliff and slope instability, estuary and foreshore erosion, creek entrance instability, tidal and coastal inundation, and beach erosion and shoreline recession—as they are presently, as well as 20, 50 and 100 years in the future. Field work includes geotechnical and geophysical investigations and flying drones along our coast and estuaries to capture vital information.

The coastal hazard study forms part of Stage 2 of the process which involves technical studies to gain a better understanding of coastal issues and assessing the current and future risk to coastal values and assets. The remaining stages will identify and evaluate options to manage coastal issues and risks, compile the final agreed actions into a management program and then begin to implement it.

This video outlines the types of coastal hazards being investigated as part of the Coastal Hazards Study.