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Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan

Final Port Stephens Foreshore (Floodplain) Risk Management Study and Plan Review

Study Objectives

The key outcome of this study is to revise Council's floodplain mapping and recommend how the outcomes can be incorporated into planning controls for future development to prepare an updated Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan.

Study Location

Port Stephens is a large tidal estuary on the NSW coast approximately 50 km north of Newcastle and 150 km north of Sydney. The total waterway covers an area of approximately 140 km2 with the total catchment area draining to Port Stephens being around 2,900 km2

Datasets

Additional Information

Field Value
Title Final Port Stephens Foreshore (Floodplain) Risk Management Study and Plan Review
River Basin 209 - Karuah
Publication Date 31 July 2021
Themes Land and Resource Management
Spatial Extent
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Author/ Prepared by BMT
Publish date 10 August 2022
Update date 10 August 2022
Place Name Port Stephens Foreshore
Approval State Approved
Submitted for approval 11 August 2022
Submitted by Richard Murphy
Approved 30 August 2022
Approved by ses-sysadmin
Data Comment

Data contains: * report * mapping * flood damages * model results * spatial data
Identifier dbff1352-2475-4bf1-9ae4-55951ca79050