Minor Flooding in Hervey Bay
We’ve had so much rain in Hervey Bay this afternoon – currently 33mm at Hervey Bay airport – that there has been minor flooding in various parts of town. In several places along the Esplanade water is covering half the road and the police have closed the Esplanade between Frank St and Denmans Camp Road due to water covering the entire road.
Despite the fact that the tide in the Bay is currently low the water does not seem to be draining away.
Tooan Tooan Creek is running a banker but it has cut through the sand that blocks the mouth at low tide and it is draining but elsewhere the stormwater drains seem to be unable to cope.
I wonder how the people in the poorly drained area in Wondunna have coped this time … did the council finally fix the problem?
December 21st, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Check out the Stormwater drains from Bideford St, installed only a few years ago, they have never opened, and never will. The doors go down two metres, so the weight of the sand infront will not allow them to open no matter how hard it rains. Engineering Disgrace.
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Well what can I say, the doors of the stormwater drain opened. First time in two years. But there is major erosion around it.