THE recovery effort from this month’s floods at Casterton is expected to take a number of months, Glenelg Shire chief executive Greg Burgoyne says.
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Mr Burgoyne said council staff were still assessing the damage that was expected to cost more than $5 million.
The council has appointed emergency services professional Bruce Farquharson as its flood recovery manager to work one-on-one with the Casterton community in the clean-up effort.
Mr Farquharson, a former CFA District 5 operations officer, will be based at the Casterton Town Hall across coming months. He will provide leadership and advice to the community.
The Casterton community will have the opportunity to meet Mr Farquharson at a flood recovery meeting on Wednesday, September 28 at the Casterton Town Hall from noon, which will include an update on council’s current recovery works with a barbecue lunch.
The meeting will be followed by a 2.30pm gathering of the user group for Casterton’s Island Park Recreation Reserve. The reserve is on the banks of the Glenelg River and was damaged by the floods.
The council wants to work with Island Park user group committees to attract grants for the clean-up.
The Island Park Recreation Reserve still remains closed to all user groups with extension works on the netball change facility put on hold to allow for architects to flood proof the new design.
Meanwhile, Stokes’ Bridge on the Casterton-Dartmoor Road remains closed due to flood damage. Glenelg council said its staff were working with VicRoads on the repair of the bridge that would take a number of days. All other roads are now open in the local area.
Mr Burgoyne said the recovery effort would involve the restoration of buildings and reinstatement of roads and bridges.
“The Casterton community have been extremely resilient and patient dealing with this emergency event and I thank everyone for their efforts,” he said.
