City of Wollongong News: Environment
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With the immediate emergency response to the Saturday 6 April flooding behind us, we’re looking at what support impacted residents and local businesses will need in the longer-term to recover.
Wollongong City Council has removed a playground in the lake foreshore area today, Friday 12 April, due to significant safety concerns.
With parts of the entire city impacted by the Saturday morning weather event and widespread, extensive damage to public and private property, we continue to support our community on the immediate recovery and cleanup.
We continue to respond to the recent flooding event and our focus remains on immediate recovery and cleanup.
Council crews are back to work today clearing roads, footpaths and culverts, as well as helping residents clear debris where they can. The all-hands-on-deck cleanup is in response to severe flash flooding on Saturday 6 April that saw many parts of the city covered in water, mud and debris.
We’re responding as fast as we can to the flooding event in the City of Wollongong. See here for our most recent update on road closures and Council services.
Have you been impacted by flood damage? Wollongong City Council is offering free, additional household cleanup collections for residents impacted by flooding.
We're prioritising immediate clean-up to keep our community safe following extreme weather experienced by the city overnight.
We've finished removing contaminated soil material from Helensburgh Mountain Bike Park. Fencing will continue to come down and the site is now safe and open for public access.
We’re working with the NSW Government to establish biodiversity certification which will streamline development assessment processes, protect important vegetation communities and offset the impact from new developments in West Dapto.