Recovery road

By Nicole Williams
THE City of Casey is in recovery mode and starting to fix roads and infrastructure damaged in the weekend’s floods.
Director of Emergency Management Greg Wood estimates 40 houses were inundated by water and deemed uninhabitable, displacing about 100 residents.
“The main human cost is the homes that will need significant repairs and some may not be repairable,” he said.
Mr Wood said the majority of displaced residents found their own accommodation during the deluge, but for those who couldn’t, the State Government provided emergency accommodation.
About 43 businesses were also damaged in the floodwaters, but Mr Wood said the number could be higher as some residents and business owners may not have reported damage.
Casey Council has started to repair roads broken by the force of the water.
Halleur Road in Harkaway was repaired on Tuesday and construction workers were re-laying Glasscocks Road, Narre Warren South, yesterday (Wednesday).
An overflowing drain forced water under the bitumen which lifted and cracked the surface.
Urgent repairs are expected to be completed by the end of the week, but other repairs could take months, Mr Wood has warned.
“It’ll take some months for the complete backlog of things that aren’t so urgent,” he said.