The Northern Territory will begin design work for flood-mitigation action for Alice Springs that modelling suggests would help protect some residents from the effects of flooding.
abc.net.au/news/nt-government-to-act-on-flood-mitigation-recommendations/101989560Design work for flood-mitigation measures to address future flooding events in Alice Springs are a step closer, six years after the Territory government first received the recommendations.
The government announced that the preferred option was C, which extensive modelling predicted would reduce the flooding impacts on 386 properties. "Flooding in Alice Springs … a lot of it depends on where [the rain] falls and when it falls," Mr Finch said.He said option C would not stop the Todd River and Alice Springs from flooding, but would reduce the impact of the flood waters.
"Which means that the local drainage network can't cope with the water that's running through those areas.Mr Finch said option A, which was not a preferred option, would protect an estimated 1,535 properties in a large rain event."The detention basin that provides the most effectiveness sits on only about 17 per cent of the catchment."So you have 83 per cent of the rest of the catchment. If it rains anywhere else, you're still going to flood.
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