Repairs could top $1bn and mayors say roads and bridges shouldn’t just be rebuilt but ‘rebuilt to withstand future disasters’
The Murwillumbah district chamber of commerce president, Rebecca Whan, said she was “shocked” by how long it had taken for assistance to arrive when the extreme weather hit.
“We have big landslips all over the shire and enormous damage – some areas are still inaccessible,” she said. “The 2017 flood road damage cost was $27m here in Tweed alone, and this will be much higher this time.”A Tweed council spokesperson said there were four major landslips in the shire that were expected to close roads for “many months” while repairs were undertaken.
The Byron mayor, Michael Lyon, said his shire was facing a damages bill to repair roads and bridges in excess of $100m. More than 45 NSW councils hardest hit had received an initial $1m under the jointly funded state and federal government Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.
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