Major drainage upgrade works recommenced in Byron Bay on Tuesday after a short Easter break.
Staff say flash flooding in the town centre last month is exactly the type of flooding the drainage project is aimed at minimising, with 40 culverts reportedly installed from the rail corridor into Jonson Street, and a water main shifted.
Assets and Major Projects Manager Christopher Soulsby said last week contractors would reconstruct the iconic Rotary clock tower later this year.
The clock was temporarily decommissioned to make way for the drainage works.
The South Lawson Street Carpark was reopened over the easter weekend providing pedestrian access in front of the laneway between Guzman Y Gomez and Byron Hot Bread Kitchen.
Staff say the construction area is to extend further south on Jonson Street this month to upgrade drainage in this section and the footpath on the eastern side of Jonson Street.
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