'Pipes and Pumps' Option Halts South Dunedin Flood Plans

'Pipes and pumps' option halts South Dunedin flood plans

Dunedin City Councillors have reluctantly voted to hit pause on adaptation plans for South Dunedin for four months following a last-minute alternative solution from the regional council.

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The latest iteration of the South Dunedin Futures (SDF) strategy has now dropped, to expected backlash, given the 1100-1700 houses signalled to be bought out.

Councillor slams $2.4b South Dunedin flood plan as climate overreach

Image – dunedin.govt.nz. A proposed multi-billion-dollar flood mitigation plan for South Dunedin is facing mounting criticism from local leaders and engineering experts who argue the suburb’s flooding problems have been caused by decades of infrastructure neglect, rather than climate change. The South Dunedin Future programme has presented three options for the suburb, costing between $1.6 billion and $2.4 billion. All three proposals involve th…