CELEBRATING THE FESTIVE SEASON IN ENOGGERA WARD

An update from Cr Andrew Wines of the Enoggera Ward

Free Movie In The Park

Pack your hunny pots and red balloons for a great night out in Grinstead Park Saturday 18 March! Come along from 5:30pm to enjoy food and drink stalls and join the community to watch this great Winnie-the-Pooh film.

Scan the QR code on the flyer to the left to keep up to date on the event.

2022 FLOODS – EMERGENCY RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS

12 months on from the floods, many residents are still working to recover and build back better in our community. There are some major milestones expected this month as Council continue working to repair and improve facilities in our area. Council completed works to reconnect the Kedron Brook Bikeway on 17 February 2023. To find out more about these works, visit brisbane.qld.gov.au and search ‘Kedron Brook restoration’.

Other emergency response highlights include:

• Council cleared 3357 streets and collected 75,535 tonnes of waste

• Approximately 285 km of road impacted with 78 roads requiring significant resurfacing repairs

• 17,077 potholes repaired across 176 suburbs by 25 March 2022

• 170 km of Council-maintained bikeways were safe and clean by 1 April 2022 ahead of school holidays

• 29,000 flood waste loads and more than 26 tonnes of hazardous waste were dropped off by residents following the floods (more than the entire 2020-21 year)

• An estimated 75,535 tonnes of flood waste was collected as part of Operation Collect kerbside collection program

• 480 food waste bins were distributed to 113 sites across three days during the severe weather event

• 10 Council street sweepers operated over 2 shifts, 6 days per week for a 2 week period to clean up flood-impacted roadways, totalling 2,400 hours

• Flood Resilience Action Plan launched 30 July 2022, includes 51 further actions to make Brisbane more flood resilient on top of adopting all 37 recommendations from the 2022 Brisbane Flood Review (available on Council’s website)

To find out more about the Resilient Homes Fund, visit www. qld.gov.au/resilienthomes.