This Week at Council

This Week at Council Community announcements/latest news Major projects progress Wee Jasper Road Seg 68 & Good Hope Road intersection works will start this week. Winery Trail is out to tender. Nanima Road Stage 1 is still under construction. Garryowen Bridge piling is commencing this week. Burrinjuck Bridge 1 earthworks are commencing this week. Fixing Local roads resealing continues. Works schedule – Unsealed road grading program for 15 – 19 February 2021 Old Gap Road – completed. Scanes Road – completed. Manton Road – completed. Reardons Road - work starting 15 February. Back Creek Rd (part) – completed. Yass River Rd (part) – completed. Spring Range Road - in progress. Longleys Road – completed. Wee Jasper Road - in progress. Are you ready to help your Learner driver become a safe driver?

Book in for a FREE information session to help you enjoy being the driving instructor. WHEN: Thursday, 25 February 6pm to 8.30pm. WHERE: Soldiers Club Auditorium, Meehan Street Yass. Bookings essential: call Council on 6226 1477.

Second round of Community Grants open – plus FREE grant writing workshop

Yass Valley Council has opened a second round of applications for 2020/2021 Community Grants to provide an additional opportunity for community projects and initiatives in Yass Valley to receive funding. Applications will be open from Monday, 1 February 2021, and close on Monday, 1 March 2021.

The Hangout

The Yass Child, Youth and Family Interagency Group – in partnership with Ginninderry, Yass Valley Council, Anglicare, Capital Region Community Services and Zac’s Place – is pleased to present ‘The Hangout’.  ‘The Hangout’ is a safe space for 12-17 year olds who live in the Yass Valley to hang out, catch up with friends and make new ones. This initiative has been developed based on feedback from young people in Yass Valley. ‘The Hangout’ will run on one Thursday a month (until June 2021 at this stage), 4:30pm-6:30pm, at Zac’s Place in Yass, It will be staffed by qualified youth workers and counsellors from our partner organisations.

Priority Weed spraying

Council contractors will be conducting the spraying of woody weeds on a list of roads over the next several weeks. Council’s Biosecurity Team has broken the LGA into three zones to help manage the spraying of priority weeds, with the inclusion of a fourth zone being some areas identified within the Yass township itself. For the complete list: HERE

Bango Lane Bridge to be replaced

Bango Lane Bridge will be replaced under the NSW Government’s $500 million Fixing Country Bridges program to better connect regional communities and increase resilience to natural disasters. Goulburn MP Wendy Tuckerman announced Yass Valley Council would receive $288,000 to replace the ageing Bango Lane Bridge (over Bango Creek).

Public Consultation Submissions welcome for Civic Precinct

In February 2020, Council endorsed a ‘wish list’ of projects and resolved to undertake planning and design work so the projects would be ‘shovel ready’ in the event of grant funding opportunities. One of these projects is a Civic Precinct, which would include a new library, community rooms and exhibition spaces, long term Government tenants and the retention of Crago Mill among other elements. Council is keen to understand if the elements for inclusion in the Civic Precinct meet community needs and expectations. At its December 2020 Council meeting, Council resolved to ask the community for further feedback regarding the preferred location for the Civic Precinct. Submissions about the location are particularly sought for the continued use of Council’s current location in Comur Street, Yass, or, alternatively, another site that will meet Council and community needs in the long term. Community members are invited to make a submission on the proposed location and scope of works.

Positions Vacant Human Resource Officer

15 February 2021

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