Driver behaviour during the recent flood was described as “largely improved” by Rosewood Police.
Sgt Travis Ehrich said better planning had been demonstrated by residents.
“Police only received 29 calls for service as opposed to 52 calls for service during the February flood event,” he said.
“This one was less eventful compared to the February flood, which is good to see.
“In terms of vehicles in the February flood we saw numerous losses, this time behaviour in terms of driving through floodwaters was a lot better.
“We certainly witnessed a lot more neighbouring areas to Rosewood such as Rosevale, Tarome and Aratula more affected by the flood.”
As a result of the combined flood events of February and last week there has been significant damage to most of the roads leading in and out of Rosewood.
“The major impact has been to the roads, and any new works that were recently completed from the February flood have been damaged,” he said.
“Ipswich Rosewood Road, will be impacted for quite some time, this has been reported to the Ipswich City Council and this is just one example of the impact.
“Just from driving around after the flood, personally I can say that the roads have really been impacted and this is due to the continued weather that has occurred this year.
“The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted a wetter than average winter, so we will see more rain in the area to come.”
Sgt Ehrich said that he was pleased to see council engineers assessing and re-opening the bridges in the area quite quickly.
“Council send out their engineers who make an assessment to make sure that the bridges have not been undermined or damaged in any way,” he said.
“Causeways were also inundated, and it is important to back it up and remember that if it is flooded, forget it.
“When assessing flood waters over roads it is important not to enter if there is a road closed sign, you not only risk danger you also risk a fine.
“Flood waters can appear shallow from your vehicle, though if you get out of your vehicle and have look in many cases the waters can be dangerous and quite deep, with the chance of the bitumen collapsing underneath you.”
