NSW Floodplain Management Grants Now Open
7th March 2020
As FMA Members were notified at the recent NSW/ACT Chapter Meeting in Sydney, applications are now open for the 2020-21 Floodplain Management Grants Program from the New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment.
Applications can be made for the following independent project stages:
- Stage 1 Flood study (including data collection)
- Stage 2 Prepare or review a floodplain risk management study and plan
- Stage 3 Investigation, design and/or feasibility study (where required) for works identified in a floodplain risk management plan; this stage must be undertaken for all works projects that are likely to exceed a total project cost of $500,000
- Stage 4 Implementing actions identified in a floodplain risk management plan, including but not limited to:
• structural works such as levees, detention basins, floodgates and flow conveyance improvements (if these are extensive works requiring a high level of funding, they should be broken into stages)
• flood warning systems
• evacuation management Floodplain Management Program – Guidelines for applicants 2020-21 2
• upgrades of flood assets that have reached the end of their design life
• voluntary house raising (further information on the eligibility criteria and implementation of voluntary house raising projects is available in Floodplain Management Program Guidelines for voluntary house raising schemes)
• voluntary purchase (further information on the eligibility criteria and implementation of voluntary purchase projects is available in Floodplain Management Program Guidelines for voluntary purchase schemes).
To find out more information, such as eligibility, guidelines, application forms, past funded projects and reference materials, visit the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment website.
The closing date for applications is 8 April, so get yours in now.
