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Bruce MacKenzie and Bronwyn Herbert

Northern Rivers flood rebuild estimate reaches $7.9b and is tipped to rise

Landslip-affected roads such as this one at Federal, in the Byron hinterland, cost millions to repair. (ABC North Coast: Bruce MacKenzie)

The estimated cost of repairing public infrastructure in the flood-ravaged Northern Rivers region is now almost $8 billion and is expected to keep increasing.

About 250 trade, industry and government representatives attended a conference in Tweed Heads today to be briefed on the rollout of infrastructure spending in the wake of last year's natural disaster.

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