I have noticed a new Sydney residential development application (DA) on a filled-in floodway (riverbank) which includes two new planning terms: ‘Vertical Evacuation’ and ‘Shelter in Place’ (SIP) –stay in the flooded building?
Our local Ballina Shire Council has a similar DA for an ‘Old Peoples Home’ to be built on a proposed filled in coastal swamp. It has mention of a ‘rooftop helicopter pad’ – Vertical Evacuation?
Ballina’s new million dollar bus terminal – opened before Christmas – has been photographed recently with very restricted access due to tidal flooding.
What is wrong with planning laws, environmental courts and commonsense? Give the environment a break or have AI or X design a new ‘stairway to heaven’.
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