Case studies

Hinchinbrook Shire Council’s Barbagallos Road in Halifax has been upgraded to build resilience to withstand high velocity flows during flooding events through the 2019 betterment program.

Barbagallos Road is an unsealed road transport route for many of the region’s sugarcane farmers.

Sedan Dip Road in Cloncurry Shire Council has been rebuilt better than ever after it was damaged by the monsoon and floods in February 2019.

The Aurukun Access Road has been made even more resilient to severe weather thanks to $1.2 million in betterment funding.

Images of the flash flooding through Toowoomba’s CBD became one of the iconic memories of the Queensland floods in January 2011. 

In 2015, Toowoomba Regional Council completed $25 million worth of flood mitigation projects, ensuring the city is more resilient to future flooding events.

The tiny town of Cardwell on the Cassowary Coast in North Queensland bore the brunt of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in February 2011.

The 2011 floods destroyed Brisbane’s iconic Riverwalk and seven of Brisbane City Council’s ferry terminals.

Livingstone Shire Council’s iconic Scenic Highway suffered major landslips and severe erosion at Statue Bay, south of Yeppoon during Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia in 2015.

Over the past eight years, the North Burnett region has been hit by seven major natural disaster events, including cyclone Oswald, Marcia and Debbie with an estimated total clean-up bill of more than $150 million.