Resources For Regions Cabonne Flood Recovery - Mayoral Makes a Big Splash in Cabonne Update
It has been 12 weeks since the devastating flood event that hit the Cabonne Local Government Area. The sheer scope of the floods means we are yet to fully realise the long-term impacts on the environment, the economy, and the health and well-being of our communities. In the last weeks, a number of activities have taken place in the Cabonne LGA, including: • $4.2 million from the NSW Government's Regional and Local Road Repair Program to undertake priority maintenance works and immediate repair to road networks, which have been significantly impacted by severe flooding, storm damage and persistent wet weather events during 2022. • The Pods on Private Property Program will provide a modular home known as a ‘pod’ on private property for up to two years, as medium-term housing for eligible floodaffected residents in the Cabonne Shire. • The Damage Assessment Program provides eligible flood-affected homeowners in Cabonne with access to general assessments by NSW Public Works to determine if their home is repairable and access demolition services. • Council has engaged consultants to undertake a review and update of the Molong Flood Study and Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan. A questionnaire is being made available to all Molong residents, seeking information
Swimming pools across the are building what matters to Cabonne Shire will soon receive local communities and securing a much needed upgrades thanks to brighter future for regional NSW.” Deputy Premier and Minister the NSW Government’s Resources for Regional NSW Paul Toole said for Regions Program. NSW Nationals Upper House MP Resources for Regions has delivered Sam Farraway announced $2.88 355 projects worth $560 million million from Round Nine of the to mining communities since its program to support Cabonne Shire inception in 2012, stimulating local Council upgrading and replacing economies and delivering critical ageing equipment at seven pools infrastructure. “It’s absolutely crucial we across the region. “The NSW Government is backing continue to support regional in local councils through our mining towns that supply our State Resources for Regions Program and with the resources needed to keep delivering much needed upgrades the lights on and the economy for community infrastructure,” Mr moving forward, and this program is just another example of the NSW Farraway said. “This funding is great news for Government’s commitment to the Cabonne residents with all seven future of our mining regions. “I would like to congratulate pools in the LGA set to have better Cabonne Council for putting filtration systems, ensuring these on their experience of historic flooding dating community assets can be used well forward this project which will back to the flood of March 1956. make big difference for the people into the future. • Reopening of the Eugowra Swimming Pool. and organisations in this local “Grant opportunities like our • $1million from the NSW Government to build community.” Resources for Regions Program a new Rural Fire Station in Eugowra. • Commissioning of the new SES trained Community Action Team in Cudal. • Council’s road crews working with Transport for NSW on flood maintenance. Cabonne Council has also been working with the impacted communities to understand the needs, and ways in which Council can support recovery. In conjunction with our communities, Council has identified a number of key priorities for our communities, which are focused on building back a better Cabonne. These priorities are flood recovery, mitigation and response; transport infrastructure; and community infrastructure. (Above: Mayor Kevin Beatty with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Eugowra) NSW Nationals Candidate for Orange Tony Mileto, NSW Nationals Upper House MP Sam Farraway and Cabonne Mayor Kevin Beatty
Cool FUN at the Molong Swimming Pool
Can you swim 6 laps of the Molong pool in 6 minutes or less? Would you like to provide a community service? Looking for casual/part-time work during the summer months?
Consider becoming a qualified pool lifeguard. For the Molong pool to be open to the public when the schools and universities are in term time more pool lifeguards will be required in coming seasons. Currently the majority of qualified lifeguards available for the Molong pool are school or uni students so are only available outside school & uni hours which means the pool may not be able to open from 10.30am every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Fridays during term time.
If you can swim 200 metres in under 6 minutes and swim 25 metres “rescue” a person and return with them you could train as a Pool Lifeguard via Royal Life Saving NSW. Some of the course is on-line which is completed before a 2 day “in person” course (the next local one is Orange on 24-25 March), a current HLTAID011 First Aid Certificate is also required. There is no reason that pool lifeguards have to be young. So retiree’s, part-time workers, parents looking for work during school hours this could be an opportunity to provide a community service and be paid for it. The hours are on a casual basis so Belinda Mills, the Cabonne Council pool supervisor, is prepared to roster to suit individuals. Belinda can be contacted at Council phone 6392 3200 for more information about working as a lifeguard at the local pools and the required training. We have a fabulous pool in Molong so lets do our bit to ensure it is open as much as possible during the season.
Well done to Cabonne Council and Manager, Belinda Mills who have the ‘pool’ looking fantastic for this year’s season. The Express headed down for a cool splash recently during the school holidays and loved the fun that local families
(and swimming groups) were having. Generations of local families have loved ‘the pool’ which has been a great source of ‘something to do’ during the long hot summers.
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MOLONG EXPRESS, Thursday 9 February 2023
