Flood recovery (NDRRA) projects

TRC has embarked on the biggest road network flood reconstruction program this region has ever seen.

The record-breaking floods of December 2010 and January 2011 saw unprecedented damage to council's 10,000km network of  roads and bridges across the region.

Estimated at nearly $150 million, this total damage bill is costing almost double council's current annual capital and maintenance works program.

Some 1800 emergency repair sites and 1300 reconstruction sites have been identified across the region. Initially, council undertook over $20 million in emergent works.

The flood recovery program of works is being delivered under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA), a joint federal and state initiative where the federal government provides 75% of the funding and the state government 25%.