Background - 2010 & 2011
The January 2011 flood event caused significant damage to Council and community infrastructure including footpaths, walking trails, and recreation facilities. Significant damage to public infrastructure has been sustained throughout the Shire which led to a dispersed range of issues across the entire municipality including:
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Council has made significant progress to date with flood recovery repairs, with work well underway to address flood related damage from the September 2010, November 2010 and January 2011 flood events. At present Council has contractors working full time on the recovery works, using up to nine separate crews.
Over the next few months the road contractors will be working on road re-sheeting in the following areas:
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Baringhup
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Castlemaine
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Chewton
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Maldon
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Melcalfe
As a result of the works being undertaken, road closures may be a common occurrence during these next few months. A full list of the road closures within the area as a result of the infrastructure repairs will be maintained on this page.