Works to tackle severe erosion

Published: 09 June 2021. (Note: information was correct at date of publication but may have since been changed or superseded.)

Three flood damaged areas on the banks of the Mulgrave River will undergo repairs to remedy severe erosion that is threatening a rural access road in Aloomba.

The $2.2 million project aims to alleviate issues threatening the stability of Dalton Road as a result of severe riverbank erosion that occurred during monsoonal weather from 25 January to 14 February 2019.

Dalton Road runs along the banks of the Mulgrave River and provides access to rural properties including sugar cane farms.

Works will be undertaken in three areas and will involve excavation of the escarpment sand and the replacement of eroded material with compacted fill and geogrid reinforcement.

The project is fully funded through the state and federal government’s Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements and is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.

This resolution needs to be ratified at the next Ordinary Meeting of Council, to be held on 23 June 2021.