How to pay for Wanganuis Anzac Parade flood protection was a key feature of yesterdays submissions to Horizons Regional Council.
The councils strategy and policy committee sat in the Wanganui District Council chambers and heard seven verbal submissions.
Former Horizons councillor Greg Cox asked that the council rate take for those in the direct flood area be a one-off $106, paid in one year. The payment spread over three years would total $180 for those same people. Urban ratepayers will pay $61.
He said the area was always going to flood and waters took 4-5 days to clear. In the October floods, the fire service had worn out up to five pumps because of the river silt.
Mr Cox said Horizons had a pump for those situations. It would be easy to make a special chamber that the council could drop the pump into and empty out the floodwater that affected the bumper boats and go-kart businesses on Anzac Parade.