'It's all about catch-up' in Lismore after disastrous floods

Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg says it's "all about catch-up" in the town one year on from the disastrous floods which hit the Northern Rivers.

The city of Lismore was ravaged in February last year by the worst floods Australia has ever seen, leaving houses and city infrastructure damaged and houses unliveable.

“The government has had to rewrite legislation and put these things in place which takes time, we get that,” Mr Krieg told Sky News Australia.

“Hopefully, now that legislation is in place, things can pick up and people can get a bit of certainty around their futures.”

[bigbopper]

Labor has adjudicated the Ukraine to be more worthy than Lismore 👈

[LogicPTK]

He means well, but needs to research the WEF agenda 2030 and he will soon understand why Lismore will never be rebuilt...

[nhraandnascarfanatic]

The problem is that it catastrophically floods there atleast once a year… that town will always be playing catch up

[stenkarasin]

Still hard to see any sign of the govt's flood mitigation infrastructure.

[daveh]

It looks so lovely and green now, nature is wonderful even if it ignores people building on flood plains.

Will the land to be built on be raised?

[Messengeroffire]

Habakkuk 2:12
What sorrow awaits you who build cities with money gained through murder and corruption!

All praises to the Most High YAHUAH El Shaddai Isreal Elohiym. 🥂

[narelleguthrie]

The guages failed. Never were accurate. I'm a postie out there on high ridges and can see what water is in the feeder creeks on its way to lismore. But as much as we want council to fix stuff they changed the course of the water every time I could go on but there's to much to say

[budgiebreder]

The town was built as a major inland logging port! It was built where it was because of the river!

Theyd float the logs down to the fork in the river which was as far up the river as the boats could go and still turn around in the fork. Theres wooden piers still in the water today!
Lismore wont be lismore if it moves. The history wont be there!

Lismore has always been a flood town. If you buy there you know that and if you buy in the flood plain thats also on you. Goonellabah lismore heights etc is where to buy. Or you have a flood plan and you escape the waters!

[briananderson]

A few dams, Bradfeild water mitigation infrastructure projects.
Sorry all the $$$ gone to Ukraine and vaccine madness
.

[kaycejay]

All part of the plan. 6uild 6ack 6etter,