Multiple regions Flood Levee Repair Program
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Background
The severe weather and flood events in February and June 2022 caused a significant amount of damage to flood mitigation infrastructure. These infrastructure assets play a significant role in protecting vulnerable communities, essential services and critical infrastructure.
The Flood Levee Repair Program (FLRP) provides funding to support medium-long term recovery for eligible affected local government areas (LGAs) as declared under AGRN 1012. It provides funding for repairs, restoration and betterment of urban flood levee infrastructure impacted by severe weather and flood events.
The FLRP is jointly funded by the NSW and Australian Governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) and the Emergency Response Fund (ERF).
Key facts
- 68 urban levees across 20 LGAs.
- Approximately 124km of levee protecting urban areas and communities.
- Detailed survey of all levees completed using a combination of traditional ground survey, drone and lidar capture methods.
- Comprehensive on ground engineering assessments completed across all 68 urban levees.
- Levee specific Multi-Criteria Analysis Framework developed to assess impacts of defects across the region.
- Project value: $50 million.
Our role
As an experienced and key delivery agency, NSW Public Works (NSWPW) are the Program lead for the FLRP. We work on behalf of the Federal and State Governments to administer and deliver the program.
We are collaboratively delivering the FLRP with local councils, NSW Reconstruction Authority (NSWRA), Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and regional communities. Our role is to create suitable frameworks and processes to ensure the fair distribution of program funding to eligible projects.
As Program lead, we have added significant value to the program by using our strong delivery, technical and project management capabilities. By providing tangible expert input during Program inception, we’ve helped to create efficient and economical outcomes. We will continue to lead the Program through pre-construction phases and into the construction stage.
Outcomes
Ongoing consultation with stakeholders, including NSWRA, local councils, CSIRO, and DCCEEW has resulted in a collaborative approach to developing program objectives and requirements that best benefit the local communities.
Program frameworks and funding assessment processes were developed using an analysis and evidence based approach to ensure a fair, consistent, and transparent process for allocating funds to projects that require it most.
The initial phase (Phase 1) of the program was successfully completed and identified a range of projects that will contribute to the overall resilience of urban areas and to the protection of communities. Significant data was collected during this phase to accelerate the preliminary construction tasks, allowing construction to start when design, consultation and approvals allow.
