Tweed Valley Way and other infrastructure take a hit at Greenhills

31 March 2017

Boiled water alert for affected residents in this location

Tweed Valley Way has sustained major damage from the current flood event at Greenhills at Murwillumbah South, in the vicinity of Blacks Drain.

Homes and businesses in the area are without water and a number of properties have been inundated.

Council staff are working to restore water to the Greenhills Lodge aged care facility, however properties and businesses south of there will be without water until the water recedes and repairs are made to infrastructure.

Council advises that any water collected more than 24 hours ago in the Greenhills area needs to be boiled before use, as a precaution against any possible contamination.

The water main and rising sewer main were both washed out during the heavy rain and the road, a bridge, culvert and footpath sustained major damage.

Council will work with the SES to attempt to get bottled water supplies to isolated residents.

It may be some time before the water recedes enough for an assessment to be carried out and repairs made. The situation is made more difficult as Council plant and equipment is isolated in other locations and it will take time to be able to access the site.

Anyone wanting to enter Murwillumbah from the south will need to use the alternative routes through Stokers Siding and Bakers Road (caution needed) or the Motorway and Clothiers Creek once it reopens.

Council’s General Manager, Troy Green, said Council would be working throughout the weekend to restore services to these residents as quickly as possible.

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Caption: Tweed Valley Way has sustained major damage from the current flood event at Greenhills at Murwillumbah South, in the vicinity of Blacks Drain