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Posted on Wednesday 26th of October, 2022,
Be alert, know what to do. Visit Council's Flood: Recover page (link below) to find everything you need to know about the recovery and relief efforts for the current flooding event. Check below for the latest updates.
Flood Recovery Hotline 1800 560 760
The Flood Recovery Hotline is a single, state-wide number that Victorians impacted by the October 2022 floods can call for help with:
The Flood Recovery Hotline is open from 7.30am to 7.30pm every day.
Council's ‘Flood: Recover’ Page
Flood emergency impact on Council services
Greater Shepparton City Council would like to advise the community that our Customer Service Centre in Welsford Street, Shepparton, is now open Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm.
The Customer Service Call Centre is also open for phone enquiries from 8:15am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
The following Council services/facilities are currently closed:
Council-owned buildings must complete an insurance assessment before they can be used by community/user groups. We anticipate this will be done early next week. It is important that no one enter the facilities until they have been inspected for electrical and building safety (including confirming presence of asbestos). Council's Building Maintenance team will organise this, and notify user groups once safe to enter the property.
Rubbish collection / disposal / clean-up
Please visit our Rubbish Disposal Update page for updated details about Council's rubbish/waste disposal service, including Council's limited kerbside household flood waste collection from nature strips, kerbside bin collection, Resource Recovery Centre opening times, and the Cosgrove Landfill.
Food Relief
Need help recovering from the floods? Whether you need food or some manual labour to help move rubbish, let us point you in the right direction for flood recovery assistance and get you back on your feet.
Food Relief
Travel / Public transport
Please do not travel if you don’t need to. Victorians are encouraged to avoid unnecessary travel with hundreds of roads damaged or closed due to flooding. All major road closures are listed at traffic.vicroads.vic.gov.au.
View Shepparton-Mooroopna local bus route and timetable View V-Line timetables
Balfours Airport Direct has resumed their airport shuttle service from Mooroopna/Shepparton, Murchison East, Nagambie, Seymour to Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport twice a day, 7 days a week.
Road closures
Council is currently monitoring water levels and access to road ways. Please check our Road Closures post for key roads that have been closed due to flooding.
Road Closures
How you can help
The response from our community with offers for support and donations has been tremendous and gratefully appreciated. We want to connect your support with those that need it most.
How to Help
Important contacts
For further information on flood information and important contacts and resources please visit Council’s Flood: Recover web page.
Flood Recovery Contacts
Flood levels
Visit the Bureau of Meteorology website for latest Goulburn River flood levels. Other river heights are also available.
For more info
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