Draft Wollongong City Floodplain Risk Management Plan

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Wollongong City Council has completed a draft Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan for Wollongong City. The study aims to develop flood mitigation options and planning controls for future development within flood prone areas.

This study and plan has been developed to better understand and manage the flood risks within this catchment. The study and plan describes the current flood behaviour in the catchment and also the preferred management actions to reduce the flood risk. The preferred management actions have been identified and recommended for implementation in the draft Plan.

The draft Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan report are on exhibition from Monday 11 May 2015 to Friday 5 June 2015.

You can view the relevant documents on the right of this page, or in hard copy at Wollongong Central Library, 41 Burelli Street, Wollongong, during normal opening hours.

Public information sessions will be held at Wollongong City Council, Level 10 Committee Rooms 2 and 3 on Thursday 21 May 2015 and Thursday 28 May 2015, between 5pm and 7pm.

The community is invited to provide comment on the draft Floodplain Risk Management Plan using the form on this page. If you would prefer to make a hard copy submission, print the Newsletter and Community Feedback Form on this page, and deliver it to 41 Burelli Street Wollongong, or post it to us at:

Wollongong City Council
Locked Bag 8821
WOLLONGONG DC NSW 2500

All feedback must be received by Friday 5 June 2015.

Please read Council’s Privacy Notification before making your submission.


Wollongong City Council has completed a draft Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan for Wollongong City. The study aims to develop flood mitigation options and planning controls for future development within flood prone areas.

This study and plan has been developed to better understand and manage the flood risks within this catchment. The study and plan describes the current flood behaviour in the catchment and also the preferred management actions to reduce the flood risk. The preferred management actions have been identified and recommended for implementation in the draft Plan.

The draft Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan report are on exhibition from Monday 11 May 2015 to Friday 5 June 2015.

You can view the relevant documents on the right of this page, or in hard copy at Wollongong Central Library, 41 Burelli Street, Wollongong, during normal opening hours.

Public information sessions will be held at Wollongong City Council, Level 10 Committee Rooms 2 and 3 on Thursday 21 May 2015 and Thursday 28 May 2015, between 5pm and 7pm.

The community is invited to provide comment on the draft Floodplain Risk Management Plan using the form on this page. If you would prefer to make a hard copy submission, print the Newsletter and Community Feedback Form on this page, and deliver it to 41 Burelli Street Wollongong, or post it to us at:

Wollongong City Council
Locked Bag 8821
WOLLONGONG DC NSW 2500

All feedback must be received by Friday 5 June 2015.

Please read Council’s Privacy Notification before making your submission.


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