Does your portable pool need a fence for safety this summer?

November 21, 2023Posted in: Corporate Affairs

Long Summer days and holiday fun are just around the corner and if cooling off in a pop-up portable swimming pool is high on the list at your home, you’ll want to make it safe for the whole family! You may be surprised to learn that any pool 300mm/30cm high or more may have to...

Ensuring the Safety of Your Summer Guests: A Must for Hospitality

November 15, 2023Posted in: Corporate Affairs

With the holiday season just around the corner, be sure the barrier fencing of any pools and spas at any tourist or visitor accommodation has been checked by our qualified certifiers. A business that is set up to accommodate paying guests needs to have their pool barriers checked every 3 years to remain compliant as...

Mittagong Playhouse closure

October 25, 2019Posted in: Community, Roads and Assets

The Mittagong Playhouse is to close effective immediately following the discovery of a structural fault in the building’s roof. Staff of Wingecarribee Shire Council detected the fault following an inspection of the roofline of the theatre. The inspections were the first stages of preliminary scoping works as part of broader project to replace the roof...

Council to carry out Shire-wide street audit

June 6, 2019Posted in: Roads and Assets

Camera equipped inspection vehicles will be hitting the Shire’s streets from early June in a bid to capture the condition of the region’s roads. Council’s Asset Engineer, Munir Ahmed said the footage captured from the camera-mounted vehicles would be used to improve Council’s knowledge of its existing road network and help in preparing future maintenance...

Road safety reminder as school heads back

May 7, 2019Posted in: Community, Roads and Assets

Council’s Road Safety Officer with Principal Graham and concerned parents at the Bendooley Street traffic signals

Wingecarribee Shire Council is reminding motorists to slow down and travel safely around schools, with school zones coming back into effect for the new school term. Term two officially commenced on Monday 29 April 2019. Council’s Road Safety Officer Melanie Lausz said drivers must slow to 40 kilometres per hour in school zones on weekdays...