THE Loch Garry Reference Committee (LGRC) was formed in January this year to review the service requirements of the Loch Garry Flood Protection District infrastructure and its operating rules.
On Thursday, April 27 the LGRC held its third meeting and included a site visit to the regulator at Loch Garry and the nearby levee breaches.
At the meeting, the committee discussed revisions to the operating rules, which dictate when the regulator is operated by Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW), and when Loch Garry Flood Protection District ratepayers are notified, the regulator will be operated.
The committee was also informed that partial funding had been confirmed to help GMW meet its ongoing obligations to the Loch Garry Flood Protection Service following the October 2022 floods.
The funds will assist GMW with the immediate repair works at Lock Garry. The organisation is also committing over the next two years to undertake a broad-ranging review of its assets within Loch Garry Flood Protection District and how they are managed into the future.
GMWs Loch Garry Reference Committee Member Linton Ryan said the funding was welcome news.
“It’s a very positive outcome and is a very timely one too.”
“The funding will help provide us ratepayers with greater security as we head into the colder months.”
The next committee meeting will be held in mid-May
