A scheme to buy back people’s houses in flood-hit Lismore will likely target hundreds of homes, not thousands, according to the man in charge of rebuilding the town, meaning many more properties will remain in flood-prone areas | naylorcatherine
A scheme to buy back people’s houses in flood-hit Lismore will likely target hundreds of homes, not thousands, according to the man in charge of rebuilding the town, meaning many more properties will remain in flood-prone areas.
Better emergency warning systems would also be put in place under plans the corporation will put to the government for approval, to ensure residents who remain living in flood-prone areas can evacuate earlier., according to the independent flood report, prepared by former police commissioner Mick Fuller and former NSW chief scientist Mary O’Kane.
Witherdin said his team was still finalising the details of the buy-back scheme, and the number of houses it would target, but senior government ministers had been briefed on it. Hundreds of people had to be rescued from their rooftops and four people died on February 28, when the Wilsons River reached 14.4 metres –“Even once we’ve worked through this program, after a number of years, I think it’s highly likely people will choose to remain [in the flood-prone area],” Witherdin said, adding the government had a responsibility to warn those people of any impending flood and evacuate them early.
“Lots of people are ready to go,” Resilient Lismore co-ordinator and local councillor Elly Bird said. “They’re just waiting to see what the government will deliver before they decide what they’ll do.”
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