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Lower Waikato stopbank upgrades

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Funded: $5.22m
Total cost: $10m
Project starts: 2024/25
Project ends: 2026/27

This project involves raising the levels of up to 13.8 kilometres of stopbanks in the Tūakau area in the lower Waikato River catchment to allow for protection against a one in 100-year flood event. The upgrade is the result of a scheme review that included modelling to determine future climate change requirements.

Status update:

  • Design completed and approved in November 2023.
  • Procurement of construction services ready for tender, with construction to begin in the 2024/25 construction season.