Tuesday, 29 August 2023

Petitions

Narracan electorate flooding

Wayne FARNHAM (Narracan) presented a petition bearing 85 signatures:

This petition of residents in Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Assembly the current state of waterways and drains in the Narracan electorate and ongoing impacts of flooding on local communities. In particular towns such as Nar Nar Goon, Cora Lynn, Iona, Garfield, Bunyip, Maryknoll, Longwarry, Drouin South, Warragul, Drouin, Nilma, Darnum, Yarragon, Trafalgar, Cloverlea and others suffer from extensive flooding during rain events because of a failure to adequately manage and maintain local and state drains and waterways. With many of these towns having significant population growth and expansion, waterway and drain management is vital to ensure water runoff from new developments do not further exacerbate flooding issues in local areas.

The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Assembly direct the responsible Minister to undertake essential maintenance works across all state and local waterway and drain networks and further develop a waterway management strategy to fix the ongoing issue for local communities.

Ordered that petition be considered tomorrow.