Moreton Bay reopening after Cyclone Alfred

City of Moreton Bay has restarted services and is back in business as the recovery from Tropical Cyclone Alfred gathers pace.

Personal Hardship Assistance Funding from the Federal and State Governments for eligible residents impacted by the cyclone has been activated here.

This includes Emergency Hardship Assistance Grants of $180 for individuals, and up to $900 for a family of five or more, to cover essentials like food, clothing and medicine.

Details of all exceptional circumstances funding to support eligible communities, families, small businesses, primary producers and not-for-profit organisations and businesses visit the Queensland Reconstruction Authority website here.

Small Business Financial Counselling Services offer free and confidential financial counselling support for small business here.

Moreton Bay residents are urged to shop locally and support community businesses.

All City of Moreton Bay customer service centres, galleries, museums and libraries are open, as is the Queensland State Equestrian Centre and Dakabin Animal Shelter and Pound.

Pools and leisure centres will open from tomorrow (March 12) subject to water quality testing currently underway.

Settlement Cove in Redcliffe is scheduled to reopen on Saturday.

SES, Energex and Council staff continue to remove and clear debris from the cyclone. Please report major damages or obstructions.

Almost 1800 SES tasks were recorded from March 3-8. Deployments from Western Australia and ACT SES are in the field on operations with City of Moreton Bay SES. Rural Fire Service Queensland is supporting.

No significant infrastructure damage of Council property has been reported, although a number of private properties have suffered significant flood and fallen tree damage.

Currently there are 64 confirmed Council road closures and 15 TMR closures across the City.

Power is still out at around 9000 properties across 43 suburbs. Energex is working to get all power up and running as quickly as possible.

Refuge centres have now closed.

All Council waste facilities are now open. Waste services continue as normal. Catch up services for general waste collections cancelled on March 6-7 are continuing.

Due to some localised road closures, missed services from yesterday (March 10) were expected today.

Residents are asked to leave general waste bins out until these can be serviced.

GO and recycling bins will be collected on your next scheduled day.

Residents can take missed collections waste to any of Council’s waste management facilities free of charge, if safe to do so.

Residents with sandbags can dispose of sand on their lawn or garden.

City of Moreton Bay sandbags are designed to be reused. Store used poly sandbags away from sunlight. They should last at least 12 months.

If emptied of sand, the bag should remain usable for at least 24 months. Once dry, store them safely at home.

If residents can’t store them, they can be disposed of in general waste (red top) bins after their contents have been emptied. If you are using hessian sandbags, they cannot be reused and must be disposed.

Over the coming days, onshore winds will continue and combine with an upper trough to maintain some isolated showers but only a couple of millimetres of rainfall is predicted.

See Council information here for tips for recovery after a disaster.

Stay informed with City of Moreton Bay’s Disaster Dashboard: https://disaster.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/

Watch out for fallen trees and branches on roads and paths. Report to Council on 3205 0555.

Report fallen powerlines to Energex on 13 19 62.