Hampton's Rachel Nicoll was recently appointed as Lithgow City Council's new Community Recovery officer to support residents impacted by the 2019 bushfires.
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The 12 month role is funded by the Commonwealth and State Governments and will assist bushfire affected community members, ensuring they receive the help and support needed to rebuild.
Since the disaster Council has been in touch with the community through recovery centres, assistance points, community meetings and mobile outreach activities.
Ms Nicoll along with representatives from state government agencies, health care and charitable organisations will be at the Lithgow Library on August 20 and 27 between 3pm and 5pm to listen and advise on available options to assist with bushfire recovery.
Since the bushfires council has been actively involved in coordinating the recovery effort mainly funded under Commonwealth Disaster Recovery funding.
Recovery activities have included:
- Coordinated works to make properties safe, particularly the removal of dangerous trees on private property.
- Cleared and cleaned up destroyed Council assets, including the Petra Avenue Playgroup facility at Clarence.
- Coordinated the installation of portable toilets (to replace burnt out toilets) at the Zig Zag Railway / Newnes Junction site.
- Purchased mapping software to identify bushfire impacted areas for future development.
- Undertaken stormwater clean-up works in the following bushfire impacted areas: Wolgan Valley, Vale of Clwydd (Lithgow), Farmers Creek (Lithgow), Glen Davis, Glen Alice, Clarence and Palmers Oakey. Clean up works include the clearing of roadside drainage, removal of debris from under bridges and rectification of damaged unsealed road assets.
- Developed a series of video to assist tourism operators to recover from the economic impacts of the bushfires
- Coordinated with Central West Entertainment & Events the successful Lithgow Live 'n' Local online concerts featuring local artists
Council will continue to further understand community needs, keep residents informed about assistance and connect with impacted residents.
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