Gore Bay

Thanks to those who attended the session on 13 May 2023. At this meeting we talked through the primary issues facing Gore Bay including:

• Coastal erosion risk to private property and access roads
• The erosion of land at the Buxton/Jed river mouth area
• Nuisance flooding

We then talked through several options to address those issues. One of the main areas of focus for those in the meeting was the movement of the Buxton/Jed River mouths.

Based on the community feedback we’ll continue to investigate options to address movement of the Buxton Creek/Jed river mouth. In addition to this Laura Somerville from the University of Canterbury is undertaking a research project to investigate the physical processes which influence the Buxton/Jed estuary area.

We’ve also commissioned a slope stability assessment for the slope behind the settlement so we can understand the risk of slope failure and what the consequence of this may be.

We’ll provide a further update once this work is complete.

Past engagement opportunities

• Community meeting 13 May 2023 - link to presentation
• Community meeting 1 October 2022 - link to presentation
• Community meeting 22 May 2021 – link to presentation and values feedback
• Drop-in session 5 December 2020
• Community meeting 24 September 2020 – link to presentation