Flood resilience programme

Flood protection in the Waikato region

• The replacement value of our extensive flood protection infrastructure is $1.1 billion.
• 300,000ha of land is protected by our flood protection infrastructure.
• Our regional economy is boosted by $2.2 billion due to being able to use this land productively.
• Several key “golden triangle” transport corridors are more resilient because of our flood protection infrastructure, including State Highway 1, SH2, SH25, SH26, SH27 and the main trunk railway.
• The council estimates it will cost $2.9 billion over the next 50 years to operate, maintain and renew our flood protection infrastructure.