The Insurance Council of Australia takes the unusual step of urging a northern Victorian council to reconsider its decision to approve 16 townhouses slated for land that significantly flooded last year.
abc.net.au/news/insurance-council-urges-echuca-shire-stop-townhouses-flood-land/102858260The Insurance Council of Australia is urging a northern Victorian council to reconsider its decision to approve 16 townhouses slated for land significantly flooded in the Murray River town of Echuca last year.
The insurance council took the unusual step of directly asking the council to change its mind after the ABC revealed that the local catchment management authority had said the development could put lives at risk. The parcel of land where 16 townhouses are proposed went underwater in the Echuca floods in late 2022.
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