SEVEN years of hard work at Mt Warning has gone down the drain National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS) revealed to businesses operators today.

NPWS Rivers Regional operations co-ordinator John Fisher said the works completed in the last seven years had been completely ruined.

"We have to basically start again," he said.

"We estimate 7 months of works to get the Wollumbin track reopened."

But it would not be at the standard it was before ex-cyclone Oswald ripped through the major tourist attraction in January.

Mr Fisher said an estimated $400,000 of funding would be needed to start the clean up and re-build of the track, but the price could soar to the $1m mark depending on what damage workers uncover along the way.

Murwillumbah Chamber of Commerce president Toni Zuschke said the meeting went well but she predicted it would take at least 12 months, not seven, before we see a reopening.

"They said it would take seven months for construction to happen for it to reopen," she said.

"But finding the funds will take longer.

"I'm concerned but it's a fact of life with what what's happened."

Mrs Zuschke said people were attracted to areas like Uki because of the beautiful sites it offered, but a lot of sites had been closed and businesses were seeing half the trade with the same overheads.

In an effort to combat the loss of tourists and trade the idea of new information packs being developed was toyed with.

"One idea was promoting other opportunities to explore within the area," Mr Fisher said.

He said information pack would include new maps and routes to show tourists other great places to visit including different tourist drives and look outs to view before to get to the accommodation houses in the area.

A group email has been set up so business owners can be kept up to date on the latest progressions and new information, an idea which Mrs Zuschke was a fan of.

"It's great to have the communication opened up to us," she said.