I hope that people reading this have had a happy and safe Christmas and New Year season. I have enjoyed a welcome break, and I am now back in the saddle and looking forward to a very productive year.
Of course for many people this has been a very traumatic time with the fires in WA, and the flooding throughout NSW, Victoria and particularly Queensland. Brazil, the Philippines and Sri Lanka have also suffered terribly.
Not only are families, businesses and infrastructure affected, but the biodiversity - animals and plants - is disrupted. The rebuilding efforts need to repair not only the built environment but also attempt to restore the natural environment that is an integral part of our security.
At a local level, Norwood Payneham & St Peters suffered some effects of the rain event on December 7th 2010, when Adelaide received its highest recorded rainfall over 24hrs for the month of December - 66mm. The Council staff acted immediately to repair the most urgent damage and is resolving the issues from that event. Meanwhile, the Council is awaiting the release of a new report that will detail how the entire Eastern Region will manage stormwater - the Eastern Region Urban Stormwater Master Plan (ERUSWMP) - which will enable the Council to more effectively plan for and manage the response to major rain events in the future. The ERUSWMP is expected to be released later this year.
In response to the Queensland floods, our Council is very keen to assist in a practical manner. The Local Government Association of SA is co-ordinating the response from Councils across SA and I know that we are not alone in wanting to provide assistance and support to the people of Queensland.
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