Industry Central Land Swap
The Industry Central Land Swap project was created to allow eligible land owners in the South Murwillumbah industrial zone who were directly impacted by the 2017 flood, caused by ex-tropical cyclone Debbie, to enter an expression of interest process and, if successful, swap their flood-prone land with Council-owned flood free land at Industry Central, Murwillumbah. Assisting businesses within the high-risk flood zone in the South Murwillumbah industrial precinct to related to land above the 1 in 100 flood level via a conditional land swap agreement. Council was able to acquire 14 ha of suitable flood-free and appropriately zoned land at Lundberg Drive, South Murwillumbah and develop this into new employment land thanks to $11.3 million in funding from the NSW Government. Following an Expression of Interest process, five Murwillumbah businesses were selected to participate in the land swap, which will see them swap their flood-prone land for flood-free land in the new industrial estate in South Murwillumbah known as Industry Central.
State or territory government , Local government
Governance instruments , Intervention
Infrastructure and the built environment , Regional and remote communities , Economy, trade and financial system
$3,000,000 from NSW Government.
Extreme wind , Riverine flooding
2018
2019
Survey
Project won Resilient Australia Award for NSW, Local Government Category
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