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Rachael Kelly/Stuff Farmers vented their frustrations about erosion and gravel build up at a Mataura River Liaison Committee meeting at Riversdale on Thursday. Environment Southland is having difficulty in getting rock from quarries to carry out erosion repair work on Southland’s rivers. At a Mataura River Liaison Committee meeting at Riversdale on Thursday, farmers vented their frustrations about the amount of time it was taking the regional council to carry out repair work, after two record floods in the catchment – one in February 2020 and the other in January this year. But catchmen...
They say gravel build-up in channels and corners of rivers has caused them to divert from their natural channels, causing higher floods, erosion of banks, and damage to fences and trees. The issue of the global consents was noted in a Draft Budget Mataura Catchment Rating District 2021/22 report, written by Environment Southland catchment team leader David Connor, which will be tabled at a Mataura Liaison Committee meeting at Riversdale on Thursday. The report says if the consent is granted, it could allow gravel to be re-deposited to take pressure off areas such as inside bend build-ups. ...