Air monitoring in Westport by the West Coast Regional Council is simply to gather data and there is nothing sinister behind it, staff say. Read...

The West Coast Regional Council has approved a $54.4 million flood resilience proposal for Westport today. Read...

Access to Westport remains limited after large slips closed two of the main highways into the coastal town. Read...

The proposed $26 million Westport flood scheme will not provide uniform flood protection across the town, a report says. Read...

Preferred options to protect Westport with a new flood protection scheme to ring-fence the township will cost at least $26 million. Read...

The West Coast Regional Council has been warned it risks losing government `shovel ready` money for urgent infrastructure projects - including new floodwalls at Franz Josef Glacier and Westport - unless it acts now. Read...

A $23 million hard circle embankment option for the proposed Westport flood protection scheme, has been presented to key stakeholders. Read...

Urgent work should start within the month to fix two weak points in Westport`s flood defences at a cost of $2.6 million. Read...

A new report to the West Coast Regional Council says repairs to historic Westport flood protection at two sites is crucial, with the entire town at `a heightened risk` of being flooded by the Buller River again.Repairs to rockwork... Read...

KiwiRail has spent more than $3 million fixing rail assets as a direct result of the July 2021 and February 2022 floods which hammered the Westport area.The State-rail operator is now on board as work is finalised on the business... Read...