“This piecemeal approach to design and drainage management sees dislocated drainage plans happening haphazardly.”
Zeck is spearheading a campaign to address the issue after locals were repeatedly told the flooding was as a result of high winter rainfall.
“The failures of this government-led project are a stark real-world example of the broken nature of piecemeal planning across Perth.”Upper house Greens MP Brad Pettitt
But areas of naturally high groundwater near the riverine floodplain, where the new developments are located, have been rising higher and higher over the last two years, she said.
Around 20 properties have been affected by chronic flooding over the last two years, including those from Benara Road, Caversham, through to Dayton, West Swan, and north towards Gnangara Road, in Henley Brook.
