Council Matters

Rifle Range Road intersection

At its last meeting for 2022 Council resolved to award the tender for the upgrade of the Rifle Range Road/Lismore Road intersection to Gold Coast-based engineering company Durack Civil. Council increased the budget for this project to $2,920,778 following its September 2022 Quarterly review. The project includes the following:

1. Widening Lismore Road to allow for a right turning lane into Rifle Range Road.

2. Drainage upgrades, including a new major culvert under Lismore Road to reduce flooding and improve access on Rifle Range Road.

3. A new bus bay and shelter for the north-bound bus on Lismore Road.

4. A new bus bay and shelter for the south-bound bus on Rifle Range Road.

5. Shared paths connecting the bus bays to Tristania Street

6. Signage, safety barriers and line marking.

Work will commence in 2023, and it is anticipated that the project will take five to six months to complete.

Piccabeen Park – Renaming Bangalow Weir

Council is proposing to name the park formerly known as Bangalow Weir/Bangalow Pool Park to Piccabeen Park. Piccabeen is a Bundjalung word used to describe the Bangalow Palm or a carrier made from its leaf sheaf. The park no longer has a weir or a pool, so the name is no longer appropriate. The volunteer group who care for the park asked for it to be renamed, initially suggesting Bangalow Parklands. But as the showground is officially named Bangalow Park it was felt to be confusing. The Geographic Names Board prefers to use local Aboriginal names where possible. Board members of Arakwal Corp have consented to Council’s application to the Geographic Names Board for formal Gazettal as Piccabeen Park. Use the online form at byron.nsw.gov.au/Public-Notice/ Naming-of-Bangalow-Weir-Park-to-Piccabeen-Park to provide your feedback. Closes 10 February 2023.

Heritage amendments

The December Planning Committee saw three requests for properties in 2479 to be individually listed as heritage items in the Byron Local Environment Plan 2014. The properties are 7 Leslie Street Bangalow, 221 Coolamon Scenic Drive Coorabell and the Robinson Subdivision, and group of cottages on Lismore Road Bangalow. Council postponed the item until the new year. Each property/group has had a heritage assessment and has landowner support. Readers interested in the heritage of Bangalow and 2479 will enjoy the heritage assessment reports, found in the Council minutes, Item 13.6. byron.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/12/ PLAN_08122022_AGN_1490_WEB.htm

Jenny Bird

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