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\u201cAs a Council we\u2019re ready to lead differently, to back the science, partner with government, and deliver long-term resilience for sustainable growth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Page MP Kevin Hogan has called for flood mitigation since 2022 and said a scenario that should be modelled is how to reduce the flood level by two metres through engineering solutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cOptions like building dry retention basins to temporarily hold water back, and letting floodwater get away quicker, should all be part of the solution,\u201d Mr Hogan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t keep spending billions cleaning up disasters after they happen. We need to invest in solutions that will actually make us safer before the next flood comes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur community deserves certainty and real protection. The CSIRO has done the work, now it\u2019s time for governments to step up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The CSIRO team was led by senior principal research scientist Jai Vaze with peer review by three independent international experts before the report was released.<\/p>\n
The team said the work aims for safer homes, smarter infrastructure and strong flood resilience for the Northern Rivers region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A FLOOD monitoring report has been released by the CSIRO as part of the $11.4 million investment in the Northern Rivers Resilience Initiative to prepare for future disasters. It is the second phase of the the CSIRO’s work which focused on high-tech mapping from lasers and sonar data to build a computer model of the […]<\/p>\n