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5494 - COOKS RIVER BANK WALL

Haylen, Jo to the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces

(1) Is the wall along the Cooks River adjacent to the River Canoe Club (Richardson's Crescent, Marrickville) property owned and managed by NSW Crown Lands?

(2) What has been the total amount of money expended by NSW Crown Lands in maintaining the wall in each of the past ten financial years?

(3) Has an assessment been made of the integrity of the wall?

(a) If so, when?

(4) What action will the Government take to properly maintain the wall?

(5) What is the total length of the walls along the Cooks River owned and managed by NSW Crown Lands?

 
Answer -
COOKS RIVER BANK WALL

I am advised:

(1) Crown Lands did not construct the wall. It is partly located on a Crown waterway and partly on freehold land.

(2) N/A.

(3) A Coastal Management Program (CMP) is currently being developed for the Cooks River Catchment by the Cooks River Alliance, which will incorporate an asset assessment of the wall adjacent to the River Canoe Club.

(4) Crown Lands are contributing to the CMP Asset Management & Governance Working Group.

(5) The total length will be determined through detailed surveys, completed as part of the CMP process.

 

Question asked on 23 March 2021 (session 57-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 104
Answer received on 27 April 2021 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 107

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