With funding secured from the Victorian and Australian Governments, Golden Plains Shire Council will undertake a new flood study of the Teesdale area.
The new study will be undertaken in 2022 and early 2023 and will determine the potential impacts of riverine flooding in Teesdale from Native Hut Creek and its tributaries. This will update the current flood mapping for the township which the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority (CCMA) has identified requires updating and including tributaries which had previously been left out.
Once complete in early 2023, the Teesdale Flood Study will be used to update the flood overlay mapping in the Golden Plains Shire Planning Scheme.
The Teesdale Flood Study is supported by the Victorian Government, with $92,700 from the Risk and Resilience Grants Program. Additionally, the project includes $70,000 funding provided by the Australian Government in partnership with the States and Territories under the National Partnership Agreement for Disaster Risk Reduction.
In addition to funding from the Victorian and Australian Governments, Council is pleased to have support from the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority and SES for the Flood Study.
As part of the study, Council will work with the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation to identify artefacts and cultural sites around Native Hut Creek to better understand how to protect these areas from flooding.