The NSW Government is backing council-run flood mitigation. 

Councils across NSW are being supported with $9.9 million in NSW Government grants to reduce the impacts of flooding by mitigating flood risks in their communities.

“Across the state, we’re funding 65 Council projects that have a focus on understanding risks and taking action to reduce the impact of floods on local communities,” Minister for Environment James Griffin says. 

“The Floodplain Management Program has been running since the 1980s, and now with a third La Nina season upon us, these grants will help councils future-proof their flood plans, and ensure communities are more prepared for flood risks.”

Examples of new projects funded as part of the 2022-23 Floodplain Management Program include:

  • $100,000 for Shoalhaven City Council to update the 2013 St Georges Basin Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan

  • $120,000 for Bega Valley Shire Council to conduct the Wolumla flood study and management plan to better manage flood risks and inform future land-use

  • $101,332 for the Georges River Council to develop a flood study

  • $284,000 for the Tweed Shire Council to construct the Dorothy-William Streets levee area pump station and reduce the effects of flooding on private property and public infrastructure

  • $666,667 for the Griffith City Council to complete construction of the first stage of the Hanwood stormwater pump and levee

  • $1.8 million for Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council to construct an overflow channel on Turallo Creek, which will direct flood waters away from properties

More information and a full list of grants is accessible here.