Flooding at the Village Jan 1, 2012

Date2012DescriptionHeavy rain on New Years Day 2012 flooded the Western end of 17th Avenue including parts of the Historic Village._x000D_
Three of the Village tenants premises and the Village TECT Theatre were flooded._x000D_
Flooding measures were in place however a log jammed the backflow gates open allowing watres to spill into 17th Avenue at high tide._x000D_
Tauranga City Council are investigating ways to prevent the problem happening again.
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Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the Historic Village 17th Avenue Tauranga basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Bev Hodges), on January 04, 2012.

Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/historic_village_17th_avenue_tauranga/images/show/2094 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License.

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