Wollongong and Shellharbour councils to carry out dredging in Lake Illawarra

Kate McIlwain
Updated April 4 2020 - 2:28pm, first published 12:52pm
Managing lake's health: Wollongong and Shellharbour councils are set to adopt a $72 million 10 year plan. Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Managing lake's health: Wollongong and Shellharbour councils are set to adopt a $72 million 10 year plan. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

Wollongong and Shellharbour council will carry out "small-scale" dredging in Lake Illawarra, and will investigate the need for widespread dredging over the next 10 years as part of a $72 million management plan for the lake.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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