Wilsons Creek Road Slip Could Cut Off Valley
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THE BYRON SHIRE Volume 26 #33 Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Mullumbimby 02 6684 1777 Byron Bay 02 6685 5222 Fax 02 6684 1719 [email protected] [email protected] www.echo.net.au CAB page 14 23,200 copies every week AUDIT YABBER YABBER AND HUMBUG Dog weather week Wilsons Creek road slip could cut off valley Heavy rain has washed away a sec- come from other regions to assist and dustries (NSW DPI) has declared tion of road near the Wilsons Creek should the weather turn again we are short-term fi shing closures for ocean primary school, and the real concern in a better position to respond as re- waters off seven north coast rivers is that the remainder of the road may quired,’ he said. to protect fi sh and small prawns dis- also go. placed by fl ooding. Council traffi c controllers are on Calls for help ‘The closures, which were intro- site 24 hours a day, and Council’s ex- Th e State Emergency Service says duced last Friday, prohibit prawn ecutive manager of community infra- it received more than 500 calls for trawling in ocean waters off the structure Phil Holloway said repair assistance on the north coast since mouths of the Richmond, Evans, work as already underway. fl ooding started earlier in the week, Clarence, Bellinger, Nambucca, Ma- ‘Th e repair works will take at least mostly in the Tweed. cleay and Hastings Rivers,’ said NSW two weeks and is dependent on the Th e SES has conducted at least 42 DPI director Commercial Fisheries weather,’ he told The Echo. fl ood rescues in the region. Most in- Andrew Goulstone. ‘At this stage the region has not volved people trapped in their cars by Th e closures will run for two weeks been declared a natural disaster and fl oodwater, including one at Lismore until February 11 – except for the Bell- therefore all costs will be worn by and one at Mullumbimby. inger where there is a three week clo- Council.’ People seeking emergency assis- sure until 18 February. Th e road is open to one lane and tance during a fl ood or storm should Detailed information on the fi shing light traffi c only. still call the NSW State Emergency closures is available at www.dpi.nsw. Mr Holloway said the repair works Service on 132 500. gov.au or by calling (02) 9527 8502. and estimated costs will be reported to Council as soon as possible. Short-term fi shing Govt slammed Th e school bus will be picking up closures for Richmond Shadow special minister of state on eastern side of the road near the Steve Whan has called the O’Farrell Wilsons Creek Public School. Traf- For the latest information on major government’s lack of response to the fi c controllers will assist with school roads visit the live traffi c website at fl ooding a ‘baffl ing display of sloppi- children and walk them from one side http://livetraffi c.rta.nsw.gov.au. ness’. He says the initial damage bill to the other when needed. For local road fl ood information totals is at least $7 million and will go to http://www.myroadinfo.com.au. climb further as water recedes from Main Arm damage NSW Department of Primary In- roads and bridges. There has also been damage to Evan Malcolm took this photo last Wednesday in Mullum as fl ood waters Main Arm Road and causeways. were still rising. Below, a boat succeeds where a 4WD didn’t on the old coast Council crews are currently out un- road at Wooyung. dertaking repair work where possible and cleaning up debris. Mr Holloway urged all motorists to drive to the road conditions and take notice of all signs. Any road dam- age should be reported to Council on 6626 9300. As people begin to mop up in the aft ermath of the worst fl oods the re- gion has seen for several years, the prospect is that more rain may be on the way. David Chambers, incident control- ler at Richmond-Tweed SES, told The Echo that all evacuation orders have been removed and people are safe to return to their properties, provided safe access is available. ‘The SES has people who have The landslip at Wilsons Creek. 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