Published on Thursday, 9 September 2021 at 9:19:14 AM
Ongoing clean-up efforts following cyclone Seroja and near record winter rainfalls resulting in exponential vegetation growth have impacted the City of Greater Geraldton’s verge mowing program.
City CEO Ross McKim apologised for the delay in works and says they are now on the radar for completion.
“We have heard the community’s concerns about over grown verges and we apologise for not getting to them quicker,” he said.
“The clean-up of Cyclone Seroja aftermath and massive vegetation growth across Greater Geraldton has created more work than we have been able to keep up with.
“On top of this, we are also experiencing staff shortages and so are our local contractors who undertake much of this work for us.”
From Monday 13 September 2021, the City will be reallocating staff from other areas to assist the existing verge mowing teams.
Local contractors will begin mowing the North West Coastal Highway and four City crews will undertake suburban verge mowing.
“Although we usually manage to keep the verges of nearly 2200kms of roads throughout Greater Geraldton mowed, this year has been challenging,” Mr McKim added.
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PICTURE CAPTION: Verge tree damage caused by Cyclone Seroja.
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