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Tweed residents will be able to keep an eye on floodwaters at key flood-prone public roads and bridges following adoption of the Flood Camera Monitoring Policy at last week’s Council meeting.
Under the policy, residents will be able to view still images which are refreshed every 15 minutes from 6 flood monitoring cameras located at key sites across the Tweed.
This information will be useful for community awareness of flood events and to help motorists avoid flooded roads.
The flood monitoring cameras also help gather intelligence for the NSW State Emergency Service (SES), Council operations and other emergency service organisations during flood events.
Mayor of Tweed Shire Chris Cherry said residents would now have access to near-live photographic flood information at 6 key locations, strategically selected in consultation with the NSW SES to improve their flood event operational intelligence.
“Flood monitoring cameras not only provide a safe way for residents to check flood levels, but they also help gather intelligence for the NSW SES, Council operations and other emergency service organisations during flood events,” Cr Cherry said.
“If you live in or near any of these areas, I urge you to visit our flood monitoring cameras page instead of placing yourself and others at risk on the roads during flood events.
“Tragically, across Australia in 2022, we have seen several fatalities involving vehicles in floodwater. Don’t risk it and never drive through floodwater.”
The 6 flood monitoring cameras are located at:
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Bilambil Sports Club on the corner of Bilambil and Hogans roads, Bilambil
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Boatharbour Bridge on Numinbah Road, Nobbys Creek
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Byangum Bridge on Kyogle Road, Byangum
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Murwillumbah Bridge on Wollumbin Street, Murwillumbah
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Piggabeen Road at the culvert just west of Banksia Waters Village, Tweed Heads West
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Tweed Valley Way (Oaks Avenue) north of the Cudgen Road and Tweed Valley Way intersection, Chinderah.
The cameras operate 24 hours a day. Some cameras may not work as well during low light conditions and severe weather.
Should any further camera locations be added to the flood monitoring camera network, those cameras would also be added to this policy.
Following public exhibition of the policy and a review of submissions, this policy was unanimously endorsed by all Councillors present at last week’s Council meeting (Thursday 15 December).
Now the policy has been adopted, the images will become available on Council’s website.
Data or information collected from the cameras will be retained for 6 months.
Any requests for access to data held by Council must be made by way of application in accordance with the requirements set out in the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009.
View the images from the flood monitoring cameras at tweed.nsw.gov.au/flood-monitoring-cameras or go to our Emergency Dashboard.
The cameras were funded under the Australian Government’s Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. Additional cameras may be installed if funding becomes available in the future.
To stay up to date with what’s happening on our roads, visit our Roadworks and closures page, go to Live Traffic NSW or follow us on Facebook.
The NSW SES is the emergency authority for flood, storms and tsunamis – call them on 132 500 or visit ses.nsw.gov.au.
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