Logan City Council has repaired more than 1,000 potholes following damage to 389 sealed and 157 unsealed road locations by extreme weather events in recent months.
Council received 2,305 requests regarding damaged roads arising from the February and May extreme weather events, with 728 relating to potholes.
Infrastructure Chair, Councillor Teresa Lane said Council has been working around-the-clock to fix the damage.
“The work of our Roads and Recovery teams has been outstanding but we’ve still got a long way to go,” Cr Lane said.
“Despite challenges including major flooding and a global pandemic, Logan City Council continues to deliver vital infrastructure.
“We’re only now just getting a good idea about the extent of the damage and it’s enormous.
“Council has found more than 1800 defects across the city’s 2200km road network, ranging from small things like cracking and potholes to drainage culverts being completely destroyed.”
She said Council was working with the Queensland Reconstruction Authority to discuss costs and prioritise specific projects.
A new taskforce has also been formed to oversee the repairs and restoration of flooded roads.
“I thank residents for their patience and understand that the full rebuild will take potentially years, not months, to complete,” Cr Lane said.
Despite the disruption, the latest quarterly Capital Roadworks and Drainage Program report shows that most scheduled works remain on-time and on-budget.
Total expenditure for the quarter was $70.6 million, only slightly above the budgeted $69.1 million.
