River murray flood
Council worker’s lessons from ’74

A FORMER Berri Council worker who helped construct flood banks in the town in 1974 says it was “surprising” that work to construct levees along Riverview Drive was left until just weeks before the peak reaches the town.

Kevin Magaard, 72, worked at Berri Council and the amalgamated Berri Barmer

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