At a recent Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) workshop the participants were informed that Lake Macquarie will be one of the most impacted cities in NSW by climate change through extreme storm flooding, permanent inundation and coastal erosion & recession. The plan covers the Coastline, the Channel and The Estuary which includes the catchment and is where we live.
The CZMP outlines a ‘No regrets’ approach aimed at building resilience and improving knowledge and preparedness for other actions.
For existing developments the strategy is PAR
Protect: seawalls, beach nourishment, dune stabilisation, vegetation, groynes and offshore breakwaters
Accommodate: retrofit. redesign. rebuild, evacuation planning, acquire and re-lease
Retreat: sacrifice land, relocate, buy back/leaseback, acquisition
For future development an AAA strategy is proposed
Avoid: prohibit/refuse, fill to raise land
Accommodate: siting requirements, design standards, evacuation planning
Accept: business as usual, sacrifice/abandon
At the community workshop participants were given the opportunity to put forward and discuss issues they felt needed attention in the Coastal Zone Management Plan and an opportunity to prioritise some of the 122 proposed actions.
Council has a Have Your Say website to garner community input and the guiding documents are also available on LMCC’s website and for viewing at the library.
Our narrow peninsula community has relatively high proportion of foreshore compared to many areas in the City. It would be worthwhile taking a bit of time over summer to make your priorities heard on the Coastal Zone Management Plan, this document will be guiding the development of foreshore lands into the future.
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