Key message for community 9.30am 4 March:
- Be patient – Council is continually monitoring sandbag stations and replenishing supplies
- Bags are currently running low – expect bags to be replenished at 10.30am (NOTE: a traffic accident on the M1 may delay delivery of bags)
- Some sandbags are prefilled, however bring your own shovel to fill sandbags if prefilled bags run out
- SES can assist vulnerable people with delivering sandbags. Please call 132500 for assistance
Redland City Council is urging the community to be patient as the city’s sandbagging stations experience high demand.
Council has been working throughout this morning (Tuesday 4 March) to replenish bag and sand supplies at each site.
Across yesterday, 9200 bags were distributed to the mainland stations at Redland Bay and Capalaba, adding to the more than 7000 distributed over the weekend.
Council is also expecting a large shipment of sandbags from interstate this afternoon which will be distributed to all sites across the city.
If you arrive at a station and notice there is limited bag or sand availability, please call Council on 3829 8999 to assist with having these replenished as soon as possible.
Any sandbags residents may have stored away from a previous weather event should be reused if they are in good condition.
The community is reminded that there is a limit of 10 sandbags per vehicle, per trip and enclosed shoes must be worn at all times. Bring your own shovel.
Motorists are urged to follow traffic directions, wait their turn in the queue, be kind to staff, and ensure they are not blocking any roads in and out of the venue.
Additional crews and Queensland Police are being deployed today to these locations to assist with traffic management.
Council sandbagging stations are open at the following locations:
- CAPALABA Regional Park car park: 13-19 Pittwin Road North, Capalaba. OPEN: 6am to TBC daily. Maximum of 10 bags per vehicle.
- REDLAND BAY Bayview Conservation Park Staging Area: 487-503 German Church Road, Redland Bay. OPEN: 6:30am-6pm daily. Maximum of 10 bags per vehicle.
- THORNLANDS Nuway Landscape Supplies: 249 Cleveland-Redland Bay Road, Thornlands. OPEN: 6.30am-5pm daily except Sunday 8am-3pm. Maximum of 10 free sandbags per vehicle, however more can be purchased from Nuway.
Island sandbag stations are available at:
- DUNWICH Council Depot – 11-37 Mitchell Crescent, Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island. Sand and bags supplied. Please take your own shovel.
- RUSSELL ISLAND Council Depot – 6 Cambridge Road, Russell Island. Sand and bags supplied. Please take your own shovel.
- MACLEAY ISLAND Council Depot – 22-24 Scarborough Road, Macleay Island. Sand and bags supplied. Please take your own shovel.
- LAMB ISLAND Council Shed (next to Rural Fire Station) – 12 Lucas Drive, Lamb Island. Prefilled sandbags available.
- COOCHIEMUDLO ISLAND Fire Station – 45 Elizabeth Street, Coochiemudlo Island. Sand and bags supplied. Please take your own shovel.
For further details on how to use sandbags to protect your property, visit the Get Ready Queensland website.
The locations and operating hours of Council’s sandbagging stations is also available on the Redlands Coast Disaster Dashboard.
