Latrobe residents watching the devastation of the Queensland and New South Wales' floods have turned their attention to their town's long-promised flood mitigation project.
For Kathryn Bramich, seeing the devastation caused by raging floodwaters in Queensland and New South Wales in the media has brought back strong memories of the 2016 Tasmanian floods that changed her life.Construction of a $14 million flood mitigation project in the town is still to beginThe resident of the north-west Tasmanian town of Latrobe remembers she was also caught off-guard by how quickly the water rose in early June."Time moves on, but little things bring it back all the time.
"It has been quite a few years since it happened, so you would expect something by now would be well in place," Ms Bramich said.Ms Bramich had to wade out of her house during the 2016 flood emergency. Latrobe's mayor Peter Freshney said he was "frustrated" the town remains at greater risk of inundation.
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