Residents of Warren Road and River Drive are concerned they are being discriminated against and ignored with regard to the proposed levee bank augmentation.
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The current proposal shows the levee beginning at High Park and following the river along to join onto the existing levee in Narromine. The existing levee will then be extended along Warren road, past the golf club and down to the airport boundary.
“That means that everyone along the opposite side of the road at Warren Road will be flooded out of existence if there is a one-in-100-year flood, and the same thing [will] happen at High Park along River Drive,” Warren Drive resident Robert Heywood said.
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Mr Heywood said 36 house would be affected should the flood occur. He believes the council looked at the smallest number of houses that would be flooded.
“We constitute the least amount and we’re being discriminated against,” he said.
The Narromine Shire Council said they are investigating the feasibility of augmenting the levee, which came from recommendations in the Floodplain Risk Management Plan and Study.
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“The purpose of constructing a levee, if this is to be the case, is to minimise damages in accordance with the Floodplain Risk Management Plan and Study,” Narromine Shire Council General Manager Jane Redden said.
“[The] council did investigate the possibility of putting the levee between the houses on Warren Road and the river, however many houses are built too close to the river which makes this logistically very difficult. This is why this alignment was chosen as the option to put to the community.”
River drive resident Jack Cooper said from the advice they have received there seems to be little benefit for residents of Narromine and believes the council should not move ahead at this point as the concerns outweigh the benefits.
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“We haven’t hear too much either from people in the community who want the thing,” Mr Heywood agreed.
“There’s quite a bit of angst, and people feel they are being discriminated against.”
All residents have been invited to make submissions to the council regarding the levee bank, which will be considered by council at the time of determining the way forward. Submissions are due by Friday, August 17.
Zaarkacha Marlan
Court and crime reporter at the Daily Liberal. Formerly the sole journalist for the Nyngan Observer, Narromine News and Trangie Advocate.
Court and crime reporter at the Daily Liberal. Formerly the sole journalist for the Nyngan Observer, Narromine News and Trangie Advocate.
