Story and Photo by DENNIS AMOR

LISMORE's flood-prone caravan park should be closed and moved to a dryer location, it has been suggested.

A lengthy report into the recovery efforts following the $41 million flood disaster across New South Wales' North Coast earlier this year recommends the Lismore Tourist Park near the city centre be relocated.

Fifty-five caravans and nine cabins were badly damaged when floodwaters raged through the leafy and well-maintained park park in May.

"An incident with similar characteristics is highly likely to be repeated unless decisive action is taken," the report warns.

It said the two-and-a-half star park in  Dawson Street posed an "ongoing unacceptably high safety risk to long-term residents".

Other suggestions in the report included building a levee round the 75-site park.

But Lismore Mayor and Flood Recovery Committee chairwoman Jenny Dowell said this would only divert floodwaters to another part of city.

She believed there was no quick solution to the problem, explaining that it would be difficult to find another location for the park with comparable access to the city centre and Lismore Base Hospital.

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