Wollongong City Council works to fix drain where Ryan Teasdale was swept away

Kate McIlwain
Updated August 17 2017 - 9:09pm, first published 5:55pm
Preventing another tragedy: Wollongong council has started work to cover the Unanderra stormwater opening where Ryan Teasdale disappeared in March. Picture: Robert Peet.
Preventing another tragedy: Wollongong council has started work to cover the Unanderra stormwater opening where Ryan Teasdale disappeared in March. Picture: Robert Peet.

The open drain where Unanderra boy Ryan Teasdale died after being swept away in floodwaters will be covered by a new grate system, as part of a Wollongong council design change prompted by the March tragedy.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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