There are 6,000 properties in the Hawkesbury-Nepean situated below the planning level for a one-in-100-year flood
An interim report by an upper house committee in October last year said the proposal to raise the wall was unlikely to significantly reduce flood impacts, and there have been concerns raised about its impact on the Blue Mountains world heritage area.
Responding to the interim report in April, the minister for western Sydney, Stuart Ayres, said a 2017 strategy to manage flood risks in the Hawkesbury-Nepean identified raising the dam wall as the most effective infrastructure option. Community members told the public hearing at the Windsor RSL the government needs to instead change its policies on water releases to free up space for inflows during prolonged heavy rain.Kernaghan said raising the wall could give residents more time to evacuate, but water would keep overflowing into the flood plain and continue to put properties at risk.
The state is awaiting a review by chief scientist Mary O’Kane and former police commissioner Mick Fuller, which the premier has promised to make public as quickly as possible.
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