Extreme rainfall and flooding has left roading and infrastructure across the Buller District in a fragile state and in urgent need of repair before further heavy rain hits the region.
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Lois Williams Local Democracy Reporter13:43, Jul 26 2021
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Westport is now moving into a recovery mode after recent flooding in the small coastal town.
Buller members of the West Coast Regional Council say criticism levelled at them by Buller Mayor Jamie Cleine over the Westport flood is unfair and unfounded. Cleine said the regional councillors had been conspicuous by their absence during the crisis, and left him to front a public meeting where he was asked why the town did not have floodwalls to protect it. Flood protection was the regional council s job – not the district council s, the mayor said.