{"id":139,"date":"2024-08-18T00:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T14:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/?p=139"},"modified":"2024-09-01T22:37:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T12:37:04","slug":"yarra-council-to-add-22000-properties-to-new-flood-overlay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/18\/yarra-council-to-add-22000-properties-to-new-flood-overlay\/","title":{"rendered":"Yarra Council To Add 22,000 Properties To New Flood Overlay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Council believes that over 22,000 properties in Yarra is at risk of flooding from failing Council stormwater drains. Instead of investing in fixing the drain to reduce the risk to these homes, Council plans to re-zone these homes as subject to FLOOD RISK. HIGHER risk means HIGHER insurance costs. I made a submission at Council on 9 July 2024. Both The Age and the ABC News become interested in the story and I was interviewed by both. So what happened in the end? Council kicked the can down the road. A decision on whether to proceed is being left to the next elected group of Councillors in February 2025. Who you elect as your Councillor will decide the way forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2155\" height=\"1937\" src=\"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flood-The-Age-print-10-Jul-2024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flood-The-Age-print-10-Jul-2024-1.jpg 2155w, https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flood-The-Age-print-10-Jul-2024-1-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flood-The-Age-print-10-Jul-2024-1-1024x920.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flood-The-Age-print-10-Jul-2024-1-768x690.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flood-The-Age-print-10-Jul-2024-1-1536x1381.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flood-The-Age-print-10-Jul-2024-1-2048x1841.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2155px) 100vw, 2155px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Age article 10 July 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flooding-774-Radio-News-10-Jul-2024-7.00-am.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ABC 774 News Radio report with my quote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Flooding-Submission-9-Jul-2024-edited-for-length.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My submission to Council on 9 July 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council believes that over 22,000 properties in Yarra is at risk of flooding from failing Council stormwater drains. Instead of investing in fixing the drain to reduce the risk to these homes, Council plans to re-zone these homes as subject to FLOOD RISK. HIGHER risk means HIGHER insurance costs. I made a submission at Council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yarra Council To Add 22,000 Properties To New Flood Overlay - Kenneth Gomez<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/index.php\/2024\/08\/18\/yarra-council-to-add-22000-properties-to-new-flood-overlay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yarra Council To Add 22,000 Properties To New Flood Overlay - Kenneth Gomez\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Council believes that over 22,000 properties in Yarra is at risk of flooding from failing Council stormwater drains. 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