The board of inquiry’s report into the McCrae landslide of 14 January this year has been released, finding the landslide, which destroyed a house and injured a council worker, was due to a burst water main owned by South East Water (SEW). Two years earlier, in November 2022, two landslides occurred in the same area. Nine days before the January 14 landslide, on 5 January, a smaller landslide occurred, damaging the back of the property. The report said, “given the history of landslides in McCrae, and the impact on the community, it was time to find the answers”. Inquiry chair…
Sunday, December 7
