Survey needed of climate change vulnerabilities
At a glance, the photo on the front page of Peninsula News issue 538 can be easily dismissed as a normal beach scene, if it were not for the impact of climate change.
The Peninsula should be surveyed to identify the most vulnerable areas for climate change impact, and marked accordingly on a Council map.
My question regarding the Ocean Beach staircase is its design.
Has it been engineered to withstand the many variations of coastal processes.
We know climate change is real and will continue to impact the Peninsula.
Shouldn't we know now, befoie it's too late, which areas of the Peninsula are most vulnerable?
Sea level rise planning levels were adopted by Gosford Council.
However, there is a lot more to the climate change story than planning floor levels.
My nomination for the beachfront most at risk is that from South Umina to the ferry wharf at Ettalong.
SOURCE:
Letter, 26 Feb 2022
Norm Harris, Umina