This Week at Council - Monday, 22 March 2021

This Week at Council - Monday, 22 March 2021 Community Announcements/Latest News Works schedule – Unsealed road grading program for 22 March - 26 March 2021 Bendenine Road - in progress. Bushs Lane – completed. John Jobbins Drive – completed. Boutchers Drive - in progress. Bendenine Road - in progress. Progress on major projects Burrinjuck Bridge 1 - bridge works completed, road works underway. Burrinjuck Bridge 2 – design has been finalised, works are to commence over the next week, weather dependant. There will be changed traffic conditions in place during the construction period as the bridge is going to be constructed as two halves. There will be no heavy vehicle access until further notice (expecting by mid-April), and the bridge will be one lane of approximately 3.2m for vehicles to cross and will have a 5 tonne load limit. Garryowen Bridge – roadworks to be finalised followed by sealing in the next couple of weeks. Nanima Road – road works progressing well, 1km has now been sealed and works continue on the remaining 4km. Wee Jasper Segment 68/Good Hope Road – progressing well onsite, road works underway. Bango Bridge – preliminaries studies are underway. Dog Trap Road - Works to commence onsite this week, weather dependant. New playground will continue to be installed at the Binalong Recreation Ground this week. Wellington Road sewage pump station construction works are now well advanced. Excavation works at the pump station site will continue. Directional drilling of the sewer rising main along Meehan Street has started. Planned overnight water outages

Yass Valley Council will be carrying out further maintenance works on installations to the trunk mains at the Yass Water Treatment Plant overnight from 11:30pm Wednesday, 24 March 2021 to 4:00am Thursday, 25 March 2021 and to the Demestre Street Main from 11:30pm Thursday, 25 March 2021 to 4:00am Friday, 26 March 2021, weather permitting. During this work, the supply of water to households will be disrupted intermittently for maximum periods of up to one hour. For a list of impacted streets and more information, please visit: https://www.yassvalley.nsw.gov.au/our.../news/article/1116

Council seeks cooperation from landholders in controlling priority weeds in the Yass Valley

Yass Valley Council Biosecurity Weeds Officers are seeking cooperation from landholders in helping them control invasive priority weeds in the Yass Valley. Biosecurity Weeds Inspectors, Brett Lees and David Jarratt, are conducting property inspections across the Yass Valley Local Government Area and stress their role is to work with landholders to identify the presence of invasive weeds and then come up with a way to effectively manage any weeds that are present. “We want to work with landholders to protect their land, and that of their neighbours, from priority weeds infestation. The priority weeds are called invasive weeds for a reason, they readily invade pastures and native environments and quickly become established, and, at which point, control and treatment becomes very difficult and very expensive,” Mr Lees said. “While landholders in the district can identify more common weeds such as Blackberry and Serrated Tussock, most struggle to identify African Lovegrass or Chilean Needle Grass, which are equally as damaging to the landscape once established.” Council will continue to run the ‘Weeds Awareness Wednesday’ posts on Facebook and our website, which will include priority weeds and those more commonly seen by landholders.

For more: https://www.yassvalley.nsw.gov.au/our-council/news/public-notices/article/1117

Be on the lookout for Sticky Nightshade

Yass Valley Council’s Biosecurity Weeds Officer, Brett Lees is advising landholders in the area to be on the lookout for a weed not often seen in the Yass Valley. Mr Lees was recently advised by his Biosecurity Officer colleagues from the Hilltops Shire of what appeared to be a Sticky Nightshade plant growing on the Lachlan Valley Way. It was soon determined that the sole plant was in fact Sticky Nightshade. The plant was removed and disposed of. Sticky Nightshade (Solanum sisymbriifolium) is an invasive plant that has sharp prickles, which can injure people, pets, livestock and native animals. It also contains steroidal glycoalkaloids toxins and is suspected to have caused cattle deaths in the Greater Sydney Region. Sticky Nightshade is an erect plant to 1.5m high. Most of the plant is hairy and covered in very sharp prickles. It is an annual or short-lived perennial. Multiple, severe frosts may kill the above ground parts of the plant but it will reshoot from rhizomes in spring. It can flower within five weeks of germination or regrowth from rhizomes. If you believe you have seen Sticky Nightshade on your property, please contact Yass Valley Council’s Biosecurity Weeds officers on 6226 1477.

 Positions Vacant Work, Health and Safety Officer

22 March 2021

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