May 27, 2016Posted in: Development
Development applications, Development assessment, Mayor, Mittagong

Wingecarribee Shire Mayor Larry Whipper has today refuted supposed costs reported in some sections of the media said to have cost Council regarding the Land and Environment Court’s decision to allow the KFC restaurant and Woolworths service station development applications to proceed in Mittagong. “The figures reported today are simply not true,” the Mayor said. ...
May 27, 2016Posted in: Environment, Events
Robertson, World Environment Week

Wingecarribee Shire Council and the Robertson Environment Protection Society (REPS) are inviting residents to join them for a guided tour of the Caalong Creek Reserve on Saturday 11 June 2016, as part of Wingecarribee’s ‘Go Wild’ World Environment Week activities. REPS have been working to restore the Caalong Creek area around Hampden Park for over...
May 27, 2016Posted in: Roads and Assets
Black Spot, Federal Government, Funding, Grant, Mayor, roads
Wingecarribee Shire Council has secured over $1 million in grant funding from the Australian Federal Government to rectify four local ‘black spots’. In total $1,051,780 has been allocated as part of the Australian Government’s Black Spot Programme to remedy traffic accident sites within the Shire. In a bid to improve safety, $360,000 has been allotted...
May 25, 2016Posted in: Other
environment, illegal dumping, Rangers

Donating to charities never goes out of fashion. Your good quality clothes, books, music and bric-a-brac not only get a new lease of life, but they also support Australians doing it tough and help reduce landfill. Remember though that charities are unable to accept items that are soiled, damaged or broken. Doing so only takes...
May 25, 2016Posted in: Community
crime, Mayor, police

In a bid to reduce crime as part of the recently adopted Community Safety Plan, Wingecarribee Shire Council is working with local Police and community representatives to remind Highlanders to wise up to scams and frauds. The announcement comes as part of this month’s National Consumer Fraud Week which revealed that more than 105,000 scams...