Tallygaroopna Flood Scoping Study feedback needed

Tallygaroopna has previously been affected by significant flooding, most recently in 2012. The Scoping Study will focus on the township, including external influences which impact on flooding conditions within the town.

The results will be used to provide an improved understanding of flooding conditions, influence and impacts in Tallygaroopna, develop improved planning controls to better manage future development in the town, and provide information for the assessment of possible improvement measures to reduce future flood impacts. Council has appointed consultants Confluence Group to undertake the study.

Mayor, Councillor Shane Sali encouraged residents to provide their feedback, saying this was a pivotal step in the development of the study.

“Feedback is needed from residents to help draw on local knowledge accumulated from observing the past floods in Tallygaroopna. The residents may have lived through these floods and have firsthand knowledge of the impact and what is needed to be improved,” he said.

Council will be posting out a copy of the survey to all Tallygaroopna township residents within the next week. Residents can provide feedback online through the Shaping Greater Shepp website, by sending back the survey in the reply paid envelope or by picking up a survey from Council’s Welsford Street, Shepparton Office or the Tallygaroopna Post Office.

“Council and the consultants will host a drop in session at the Soldiers Memorial Hall in Tallygaroopna on Wednesday 14 June. This will give residents an opportunity to bring along information such as old photos and tell us what happened during certain flood events,” Cr Sali said.

“Tallygaroopna has experienced significant flooding six times between 1919 and 2012. The best people to ask for information are the locals.”

Feedback is open until Friday 23 June 2023 and can be provided via:

Online at Shaping Greater Shepparton By collecting a paper copy of the questionnaire from Council’s office at 90 Welsford Street, Shepparton or the Tallygaroopna Post Office at 4 Victoria Street, Tallygaroopna By post to Greater Shepparton City Council, Locked Bag 1000, Shepparton, VIC, 3632 Drop-in session held at the Soldiers Memorial Hall, 21 Victoria St, Tallygaroopna from 4.00pm to 7.00pm on 14 June 2023.