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Latrobe City Landslip Remediation Program completes 72 sites to ensure safe road infrastructure
Latrobe City Council completes 72 landslip remediation sites with government funding. Award-winning effort recognized for improving road infrastructure and preventing future landslips.
Latrobe City Council has recently completed remediation works at all 72 of the registered landslip sites it was monitoring. Landslips occurred after the June 2021 storm event, mostly in the Strzelecki Ranges or Yallourn North. The Federal Government, in cooperation with the Victorian Government, provided $15.3 million for landslip remediation works including $13.5 million from Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements and $1.8 million through the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program.
Latrobe City Council completes 72 landslip remediation sites with government and council funding, collaborating with Fulton Hogan and subcontractors
Award-winning effort
Council provided further funding for the works through the 2021/22 budget. Throughout the Landslip Remediation Program, council worked closely with Fulton Hogan, who worked as the Head Contractor. At least 11 subcontractors were also involved in the clean-up.
Mayor of Latrobe City Council, Councillor Kellie O'Callaghan, said the completion of these works was a huge effort for all teams involved. "To recognise just how hard our teams worked and the scale of the project of works, the Landslips Remediation Program recently won an award for disaster recovery from the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (Victoria)."
Safer community roads
Cr O'Callaghan said, "All of the work completed included prevention of future landslips, such as construction of rock retaining walls or concrete retaining walls in place of earth road embankments and improvements to drainage infrastructure where needed."
"We recognise the remediation works resulted in temporary inconveniences such as road closures and detours and acknowledge the understanding and patience of impacted communities during those times. Your cooperation and support allowed works to be completed in a timely and efficient manner."
"It was a true team effort with at least 100 people working on the Landslip Remediation Program. I would like to acknowledge and thank all of them for their efforts and for helping to make our community road infrastructure safe," she said.
Pictures from Latrobe City Council Facebook page.
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