Forres appears to be a town subject to lots of flooding
judging by the number of flood mitigation projects I have bumped into and the
rivers that run through the area.
Reading the signage I am amazed to discover that the budget of one of these
projects exceeds the entire budget of NSW!
I have also been interested to learn about the conflicts
surrounding some of the environmental projects proposed for this area. The development of wind farms seems to be
high on the agenda here. However, they
are proposed within the Findhorn Catchment and the construction of the massive
foundations needed to support these wind farms (it apparently requiring 1000
tons of cement to house a 300ft turbine) seems to result in the drying out of
the surrounding peatland, which acts as a sponge when left undisturbed. The peatlands have to be drained before the
wind farms can be constructed. This
results in causing flash flooding - the very thing that the flood alleviation
schemes are trying to prevent.
I wonder if this will be addressed before the wind farms go
in?
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