Nesting season arrives for native birdlife

August 22, 2022Posted in: Community, Environment
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Springtime may herald new blooms and blossoms but for much of our native birdlife, it also signals the start of nesting season. During nesting season, which generally runs over six to eight weeks, parent birds will often exhibit protective behaviour to shield their nest and hatchlings. As their new season young hatch, magpies and plovers...

Council’s 2021/22 grant windfall

August 18, 2022Posted in: Delivering, Other
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Wingecarribee Shire Council secured more than $26 million in grant funding for the twelve months ending 30 June 2022. A report presented at Council’s Meeting of Wednesday 17 August 2022 highlighted that Council had received a total of $26.2 million in Commonwealth and State grant funding across 80 non-recurring projects. “This is a fabulous result...

Station Street pavement works begin

August 18, 2022Posted in: Delivering, Roads and Assets
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Improvement works on Station Street are set to move aboveground following the Council Meeting where it was resolved to award the surface pavement rehabilitation contract to Nace Civil Engineering Pty Ltd. Council accepted the $2.44 million tender that will involve digging up the old road pavement, preparing a new sub-base and laying fresh asphalt for...

Bowral Memorial Hall refurbishment update

August 17, 2022Posted in: Delivering, Roads and Assets
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Hazardous materials unearthed during the renovation of Bowral Memorial Hall have required Wingecarribee Shire Council to allocate an additional $850,000 towards the restoration of the historic Bowral building. A report presented at Council’s Meeting of Wednesday 17 August 2022 detailed impacts necessitating an extension to the project’s original delivery deadline and budget. The discovery of...

Council calls for Old South Road rehabilitation tenders

August 9, 2022Posted in: Delivering, Roads and Assets
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Wingecarribee Shire Council is calling on contractors to submit a tender to rehabilitate Old South Road. Wingecarribee Shire Council’s Director Service and Project Delivery said the upgrade of Old South Road had been years in the planning. “Council is very excited to invite qualified contractors to submit a tender to refurbish the road,” she said....