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Click here to find out moreThe Herbert River Improvement Trust (HRIT) is constituted under the River Improvement Trust Act 1940-1985 and was constituted by Order-in-Council dated 8 May, 1942.
The function of the Trust is to provide for the protection and improvement of the bed and banks of rivers, the repair and prevention of damage to the bed and banks of rivers, the prevention of flooding and the prevention or mitigation of inundation of certain land by flood waters from rivers. The benefited area is the whole of the Shire of Hinchinbrook with the main focus of Trust activities being in the floodplain of the Herbert River which includes the main town of Ingham and the smaller communities of Halifax, Trebonne and several coastal centres as well as rural property.
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