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THE results of a major study into the 2011 floods have been handed to Ipswich City Council a decade on from the disaster.
The Ipswich Integrated Catchment Plan sought public consultation before coming up with recommendations to help the city deal with future floods on a similar scale.
The information is with the council ahead of councillors being given the chance to review the study in early 2021 with a view to adopting it.
Mayor Teresa Harding said it was an important step and would play a crucial part in helping floodproof the city. Flooding in Ipswich on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Ipswich CBD looking West.Photo: Rob Williams / The Queensland Times
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IPSWICH residents will this evening be treated to one of the only official New Year’s Eve fireworks displays to take place across South East Queensland.
While Brisbane and Gold Coast will go without, Ipswich City Council has instead managed to deliver a first-of-its-kind event at the Tivoli Drive-In.
It comes after Ipswich City Council announced the cancellation of its usual fireworks CBD display in accordance with COVID-19 protocol.
Tivoli executive director Fred Muys said he was approached to host the now sold-out event about ten weeks ago.
“We jumped at the opportunity and said we’d love to do that for the community,” he said.