Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is giving top priority to repairing roads that were badly damaged in three State-declared disaster events, (including up to seven floods in many areas of the Region) during the past 10 months, while also detailing funding submissions seeking State and Commonwealth government assistance for infrastructure reconstruction projects.
Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio said Council was working as fast as practicable to repair roads to a safe and trafficable standard across the Region.
“It is a massive undertaking by our dedicated teams to undertake emergency road repairs, particularly in the wake of successive flood events that occurred in November 2021, then late February-early and late March, in early April and then again in May,” Mayor Antonio said.
“It’s great to see most people in the community are appreciative of the works undertaken to date and understand the enormity of the tasks our teams are undertaking and have ahead of them.
“This has been an extraordinary time for prolonged rain events, with above average rainfall, and extensive flooding, which has damaged urban and rural roads across much of our huge 6,600km road network.
“Our preliminary analysis indicates the repair bill from this year’s flood events may be more than $100 million.
