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Posted on Monday 23rd of April, 2018,
Greater Shepparton City Council endorsed the final Goulburn Broken Regional Floodplain Management Strategy 2018-2028 and will now become a key partner in a regional approach to managing future floods.
As a result of the widespread floods that occurred across Victoria in 2010-2012 the Victorian Government undertook a number of reviews and investigations that culminated in the development of the 2016 Victoria Floodplain Management Strategy.
The State strategy required a regional floodplain strategy to be developed for each of the Catchment Management Authorities and Melbourne Water. All Local Governments within the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GBCMA) area have been involved in the development of the strategy.
The GBCMA undertook widespread community consultation as part of the development of the strategy and hosted a number of meetings with officers from each of the councils covered by the Strategy.
This has led to the development of the Goulburn Broken Regional Floodplain Management Strategy 2018-2028 (GBRFMS).
The Goulburn Broken Regional Floodplain Management Strategy has been prepared to ensure a strategic approach to floodplain management within the Goulburn Broken catchment. It identifies four objectives - building community resilience, reducing legacy flood risk, avoiding future flood risk and managing residual flood risk.
Greater Shepparton City Council Manager Environment Greg McKenzie said a key finding of the Strategy is about ways to effectively share flood information with all stakeholders to assist in achieving flood resilient communities.
“This is an important document for the community as it guides the information and education, preparation for and management of issues surrounding floods for our communities,” said Mr McKenzie.
“It ensures that we have a co-ordinated regional approach to future flood risk.”
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