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Promises and performance: Flood mitigation

Jan 23, 2024 | Article, This Week's Issue, Your Say | 0 comments

YOUR SAY

Your Say: Ian Harry, Naracoorte
After reading Councillor Grundy’s reported statement (front page of your publication, issue 180) that “the council administration does not have an engineering report that mitigates the risk of flooding in the township”, I did some research on the internet and discovered the following: “Naracoorte Drainage Study Stage 3” of September 2006, 35 pages, including a proposed drainage Master Study discussing all catchment areas and (in Section 6) Works Priorities and Costing. Compiled for the Council by Tonkin Engineering."
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