More than 500 Townsville City Council team members are hard at work across the city and suburbs repairing potholes, clearing trees off roads and inspecting infrastructure caused by recent heavy rain, but they need your help.
Council is calling on residents to do their part by reporting any damage to public infrastructure like roads, parks and trees by using the Snap Send Solve app, via Council's website or by calling 13 48 10.
Acting Mayor Ann-Maree Greaney said Council's teams had been busy working through the rain to repair the city's infrastructure, but there was plenty of work to be done across the 3736 square kilometre Local Government Area.
"While our crews are busy getting the work done to clean up after the severe weather event, we want to make sure we don't miss anything, so we're calling on residents to let us know of any potholes, fallen trees, damaged infrastructure or safety concerns around Townsville," Cr Greaney said.
"There are a number of streets across Townsville that are known to be prone to potholes, the team has started working on these streets as a priority to ensure major potholes are fixed as soon as possible for our residents and visitors," Cr Greaney said.
"Our team have been doing an amazing job, yesterday our civil crews filled 296 potholes across Townsville and Magnetic Island, that's at least 8 tonnes of asphalt.
"It's going to be a busy couple of weeks - we have teams out cutting up fallen trees, plumbers, waste drivers and asset inspectors out there just to name a few of the crews.
"The best way to make sure our team knows where any damage is, so they can get out and fix it as soon as possible is by reporting them to Council through the Snap Send Solve app, on Council's website or by calling our team on 13 48 10.
"There is a lot of work to be done, so we appreciate the community's patience as our teams work to get them fixed."
Councillor Greaney reminded the community that green waste was free to dump at Council facilities all year round.
"There is enough damage out there for our teams to fix without picking up people's personal green waste, so we're asking that people do not place green waste on the kerb as Council will not be collecting it," she said.
"The great news is our Council waste facilities like Hervey Range, Stuart and Magnetic Island Transfer Stations are open as normal and I want to remind people that green waste is free to dump all year round."
