Northern Beaches Council has been offered funding from the NSW Government to assist with flood mitigation measures along Wakehurst Parkway.

Council have completed initial investigations into reducing the small scale but frequent flooding which closes Wakehurst Parkway and will now carry out detailed design assessments in order to finalise options.

Member for Pittwater Rob Stokes, Member for Wakehurst Brad Hazzard and Member for Davidson Jonathan O’Dea announced earlier that the NSW Government would provide up to $5 million to support this additional assessment and then the implementation of options to improve minor flooding in the area.

Council Administrator Dick Persson AM said “I welcome these moves by the NSW Government to help resolve this long-standing issue.

“It’s especially important that this issue be tackled as Wakehurst Parkway is a key transport corridor on the northern beaches.

“I welcome the funding from the government to support the next stage of this project,” Mr Persson said.

Council set up an interagency working group to identify the factors causing the frequent smaller floods and find potential ways of stopping it. The next stage involves detailed assessment of flood behaviour, creek depth and alignment, creek configurations and assessments of potential environmental impact.

Work will start next month, with options and/or designs likely to be confirmed in about 12 months.