Infrastructure Climate Resilience Projects

In 2020, central government’s Budget included $210 million for climate resilience and flood protection projects across New Zealand. This funding formed part of government’s response to the economic impacts of COVID-19. Horizons Regional Council received $26.9 million of this funding from Kānoa, the government’s Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit, towards projects designed to increase communities’ resilience to the effects of climate change. 
 
Getting this funding has enabled Horizons to accelerate this work and create employment opportunities across the region. This means the projects will not only help to keep our communities safer from the impacts of climate change, but also help to boost the region’s economy as work on maintaining and building new infrastructure progresses.