General News
9 February, 2023
Flood repair list
LODDON Shire’s road damage bill from the flood emergency is expected to grow. Operations director Steven Phillips said about 95 per cent of the road network had been assessed and as the “data is reviewed over the coming weeks the damage tally...
LODDON Shire’s road damage bill from the flood emergency is expected to grow.
Operations director Steven Phillips said about 95 per cent of the road network had been assessed and as the “data is reviewed over the coming weeks the damage tally will grow”.
The repair list already includes:
117 culvert repairs or replacements
56 floodway repairs
One bridge replacement - Spring Creek on Derby-Serpentine Road, Derby
273km of gravel road re-sheets
Replacing 47km of unsealed road shoulders
14.25km of sealed road to be rebuilt
“Council has had a team inspecting roads and capturing the damage in line with the State Government’s disaster recovery funding arrangements. This fund is there to help councils to restore their essential infrastructure such as roads after events such as the October floods,” Mr Phillips said.