Post by Brent George on Jun 23, 2024 7:34:58 GMT
Kāpiti Coast residents demand council throw out report on sea level rise
RNZ News - 21-June-2024
Kāpiti Coast residents are demanding their local council throw out a report on how to protect hundreds of homes from sea level rise.
They and Kāpiti Coast District Council have been at loggerheads for more than a decade over attempts to map which areas are most at risk over the next century.
A panel of experts, led by former prime minister Jim Bolger, held more than 20 community sessions around the region to try to settle the issue.
The council first tried to put erosion warnings on Land Information Memorandums in 2012, but was taken to court twice by residents, who said the science relied on extreme estimates of sea level rise and coastal erosion which was unlikely to come to pass.
The courts sided with the council initially, but a year later, an independent panel found the science lacking, and the information was removed.
RNZ News - 21-June-2024
Kāpiti Coast residents are demanding their local council throw out a report on how to protect hundreds of homes from sea level rise.
They and Kāpiti Coast District Council have been at loggerheads for more than a decade over attempts to map which areas are most at risk over the next century.
A panel of experts, led by former prime minister Jim Bolger, held more than 20 community sessions around the region to try to settle the issue.
The council first tried to put erosion warnings on Land Information Memorandums in 2012, but was taken to court twice by residents, who said the science relied on extreme estimates of sea level rise and coastal erosion which was unlikely to come to pass.
The courts sided with the council initially, but a year later, an independent panel found the science lacking, and the information was removed.