{"id":13211,"date":"2021-10-02T04:44:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T04:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=13211"},"modified":"2021-10-02T04:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T04:44:33","slug":"pin-point-progress-on-your-local-councils-coastal-management-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/10\/02\/pin-point-progress-on-your-local-councils-coastal-management-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Pin point progress on your local council&#039;s Coastal Management Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock today announced the release of a new interactive map that allows the community to see the progress coastal councils are making with their Coastal Management Programs (CMPs).<br \/>\nMrs Hancock said the innovative tool makes it easier for people to see what work is underway to help manage their local coastlines.<br \/>\n\u201cNow our coastal communities can jump online and easily see progress on their council\u2019s CMP, as well as how many grants their council has received through the NSW Government\u2019s Coastal and Estuary Program,\u201d Mrs Hancock said.<br \/>\n\u201cIn addition to links to the relevant local council\u2019s website for more information, the new map has clickable colour-coded icons to reflect which stage in the process the CMP is up to.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a valuable asset that is going to help facilitate local communities to engage even more with councils and their efforts to protect and preserve their precious coastline.\u201d<br \/>\nParliamentary Secretary for the Environment and Member for North Shore Felicity Wilson said the NSW Government is committed to working with local councils to assist with planning and managing the state\u2019s coastlines and estuaries.<br \/>\n&#8220;This new interactive map is another example of how the NSW Government is supporting councils and their communities to protect their local environment,&#8221; Ms Wilson said.<br \/>\n\u201cGrants under the Coastal and Estuary Program help councils plan for the future and protect these unique natural assets, which are brimming with native flora and fauna, and are also popular places for recreation.\u201d<br \/>\nCoastal councils can apply at any time during the 2021\u201322 financial year for funding towards planning and studies to help develop their CMP.<br \/>\nView the map at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.environment.nsw.gov.au%2Ftopics%2Fwater%2Fcoasts%2Fcoastal-management%2Fprograms%2Fcoastal-management-program-progress&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cwebmaster%40nsw.liberal.org.au%7C176d485a46f74e2347bd08d9846861f9%7Cf7b9e888f8a7467190c0d6ca09a51633%7C0%7C0%7C637686406275812988%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ylDxIiM0WkOgVgWDuJXaGa3ctgnW%2BlzWoiYVwthu2%2FE%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.environment.nsw.gov.au\/topics\/water\/coasts\/coastal-management\/programs\/coastal-management-program-progress<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock today announced the release of a new interactive map that allows the community to see the progress coastal councils are making with their Coastal Management Programs (CMPs). Mrs Hancock said the innovative tool makes it easier for people to see what work is underway to help manage their local &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/10\/02\/pin-point-progress-on-your-local-councils-coastal-management-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pin point progress on your local council&#039;s Coastal Management Program&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}