Spring Creek community meeting on 1 October

A community meeting to discuss the start of flood protection works for Spring Creek is planned for Wednesday 1 October.

Members of the community are invited to attend at 7pm at the Spring Creek Community Hall on Ferry Road.

There will be a presentation on the stop bank design and an overview of the construction programme, as well as a question-and-answer session and the opportunity for one-on-one discussion. Mayor Nadine Taylor, councillors, Council staff, contractors and consultants will be present.

A second meeting is planned for 19 November at which more detail will be provided about the planned works over the coming summer.

The upgrade to the two primary stop banks along Peninsula Road is needed to prevent the banks failing, which would compromise the safety of Spring Creek township and State Highway 1. The stop banks were damaged in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake and 2021 and 2022 floods. While repairs have been carried out, they remain vulnerable.

The repair and resilience works will be funded by Council and the Government’s Kānoa regional development fund.