Lake Illawarra Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 
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  11/07/2011  - 5/08/2011 

Community Information Sessions

Wollongong and Shellharbour City Councils in conjunction with the Lake Illawarra Authority have recently released the draft Lake Illawarra Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan (2011).

To inform the community of the risk of flooding and future management strategies planned for flood liable areas around the foreshores of Lake Illawarra, two public information sessions will be held as follows:

5 - 7pm, Tuesday 19 July 2011
Windang Senior Citizens Centre
50 Kurrajong St, Windang

5 - 7pm, Wednesday 20 July 2011
The Rail Community Centre
Cnr Ash Avenue and Tongarra Rd, Albion Park Rail

Members of the public are invited to attend the information sessions.

The study and plan can be viewed on Wollongong City Council's Lake Illawarra Catchment page or on Shellharbour City Council's website

Public comments on the study and plan are welcome and close on Friday 5 August 2011. Please forward your comments before the closing date to:

Executive Officer
Lake Illawarra Authority
PO Box 867
Wollongong NSW 2520

Should you have any queries about the above please contact the Lake Illawarra Authority’s Mr Garry Clarke on 4275 9470.

Brian Dooley
Executive Officer


In accordance with the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009, your submission including any personal information such as your name and address, will be made available for public inspection and may be exhibited on Council’s website. You may request, in the form of a statutory declaration, that Council suppress the personal information in your submission from public inspection, if you consider that the personal safety of any person would be affected if the information was not suppressed. Any such request will be dealt with in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

You may also make an anonymous submission however if you choose to do so Council will be unable to contact you any further as to the outcome of your submission. It should also be noted that the lack of information as to your place of living may affect Council's consideration of the potential impact of the subject proposal.

Note: If Council receives a submission from any person who is legally required to provide a disclosure of any reportable political donation and / or gift under section 147 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Council is legally required to publicly disclose all relevant details of the reportable political donation or gift onto Council's website. This will include the name and residential address of the person who provided the political donation or gift onto Council's website for full viewing by the general public.

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