PHOTO: Funding is expected to assist in restoring damaged roads.
Residents of the Walgett Shire Council have just become eligible for disaster assistance following minor flood levels in June and July this year, as the Barwon and Darling Rivers continue to rise.
SES Western Zone Deputy Commander Josh Clarke said that the minor flooding of June and July may have been inconsequential to the town in comparison to floods in the past 12 months but disaster assistance will go towards hidden damages confronting council, local businesses and farmers…