PHOTO: Abandonment of plans to raise the Wyangala Dam wall has provoked local condemnation.
The New South Wales government has scrapped one of the largest and most expensive water security projects in the state and the decision has drawn condemnation from Lachlan Shire.
In 2019, a Government proposal was approved to raise the Wyangala Dam wall by ten metres and in turn, increase storage capacity by 53 per cent. Wyangala Dam, near Cowra, was named as part of a jointly funded $1 billion plan to deliver new or upgraded dams in NSW.
At the time, the government said the project aimed to secure water supply and provide flood mitigation in the Lachlan Valley. Construction was expected to take four years…