Policies, strategies, reports, assessments, websites and articles relating to adapting to sea level rise.
As part of the earthquake legacy issues project(external link), and in response to Council resolution CNCL/2019/00196(external link)(external link), engineering consultancy GHD was commissioned to complete an updated risk assessment of the stopbank from Pages Road to Bridge Street.
The assessment found that the risk to life is low from the stopbank failing or being overtopped by water in 1 in 100-year annual recurrence interval event. The annual risk of one person dying as a result of a 1 in 100-year annual recurrence interval tide is less than 1 in 900,000.
In 2019 Council commissioned a report from Jacobs New Zealand Ltd to understand the asset condition of the rock sea wall from Cave Rock to Scarborough.
The report found that no urgent or immediate works are required on the sea wall in its current condition, it continues to do the job of protecting the esplanade from erosion and inundation.
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