It has been a busy week for Wagga Wagga City Council's Parks and Tree crews, cleaning up damage and debris on council managed land resulting from the severe storm on Thursday 9 April.
The storm struck the city just after 4pm, with the strong winds bringing down branches from street trees and across various Council parks in the city.
In the hours after the storm, Customer Service received approximately 80 calls in relation to damaged trees.
Council's Manager Parks & Reserves Craig De Piazza said the CBD was hit the hardest, but Council had requests from across Wagga Wagga.
"Our Parks and tree crews worked quite a lot through the night the first day of the storm and we had two crews out Saturday cleaning up," Mr De Piazza said.
"The focus has been on clearing away the fallen and damaged trees at our facilities, parks and gardens, reserves and along nature strips and roads.
"One of the trees damaged was the iconic fairy lights pine tree in the Victory Memorial Gardens, while a number of trees in Collins Park also lost branches.
"Those sites were quickly cleared of the debris and the areas around the damaged trees made safe for the community as both of these parks are popular spots for locals and visitors alike.
"While we have managed to get the majority of the bigger stuff, we expect it will take a couple of weeks before we get through all the requests."
Clean-up work and repairs are also taking place at the Jim Elphick Tennis Centre and Bolton Park Stadium, due to impacts from the storm, including damage to fencing, lighting and tennis court surfaces.
If you are concerned about damaged street trees or fallen branches on Council managed roads, nature strips or in public parks, you can report it online through Request it. Report It.
