Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:<p>I live on a beach and this is quite big.</p><p>Minimum floor levels are being raised in low-lying coastal parts of Dunedin, effective today.</p><p>When my neighbour built about ten years ago, the minimum was 0.5m. The new minimum floor level is 3.05m - 3.17m above sea level "in certain areas".</p><p>Three metres! While I approve the forward thinking, we'll have a lot of houses on poles. </p><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@paw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paw</span></a></span> for his <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dccnews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dccnews</span></a></span> bot.</p><p><a href="https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/news-and-events/news/march-2025/changes-to-minimum-floor-levels" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dunedin.govt.nz/news-and-event</span><span class="invisible">s/news/march-2025/changes-to-minimum-floor-levels</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Dunedin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dunedin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Coastal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coastal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SeaLevel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevel</span></a></p>