A Warragul couple has called for individual property inspections before any amendments are made to flood overlays.
Jan and Allen Morton said a majority of their Sutton St property was included in updated mapping despite no records of it flooding in the past 132 years.
Even with recent heavy rains, they said the small creek behind their property was some distance away and remained at "a trickle". Another nearby creek slopes downhill and away from their property.
"This week has shown the water goes away entirely," Allen said. "We've never had water laying around here."
"It seems to be done without proper groundwork, but rather guess work,
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