Council News Issue No: 178
CITY OF WAGGA WAGGA
FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 20 JANUARY 2018
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RESEAL PROGRAM UNDERWAY ACROSS WAGGA SUBURBS
The city’s annual roads maintenance program fired up this week with more than 270,000sqm of sealed road set to receive a new surface. This year’s $1.5M roads reseal program will focus on roads across 12 suburbs and some rural areas over the next three months. Local contractor Boral will undertake the works on behalf of Council. Residents and businesses will be notified via letterbox drop of dates and changed traffic conditions prior to works starting in their street. The reseal program is rolled out each year during the warmer months and is a preventative road maintenance technique. “Resealing involves applying a new coat of bitumen and stone aggregate over the existing surface which helps keep moisture out of the road base and increases friction for car tyres,” Supervisor Wearing Operations Lee Shoemark said. “Without preventative maintenance like resealing, the life of the road is greatly reduced and it’s more likely to produce potholes and other defects.” In preparation for the reseal Council crews carried out maintenance works on some roads in the 2017/18 reseal schedule. These works ensure the road is in the best condition for the new surface. Motorists are advised that changed traffic conditions will be experienced during the program. “We ask motorists to take care while the works are taking place and there may be some minor traffic delays due to the partial lane closures,” Mr Shoemark said. “There will also be some loose stones following the works as the aggregate needs two to three weeks to lock into place after a reseal. “A street sweeper will return to the reseal sites after this period to remove any remaining loose stone.” For full details on changes to traffic conditions during the reseal program and to keep up to date on the schedule, visit www.wagga.nsw.gov. au/roads.
FRESH COAT: Boral contractor Robert Naumoski and Supervisor Wearing Operations Lee Shoemark on site in Lake Albert this week. Council’s reseal program has started and will focus on roads across 12 suburbs and some rural areas over the next three months.
2017/18 RESEAL PROGRAM
• 15 January – Evangelist Avenue, Clare Avenue, Angela Road and Blackbutt Road (Lake Albert) • 16 January – Silverwood Road, Redwood Road, Birch Road and Sycamore Road (Lake Albert) • 17 January – Langi Crescent, Darri Street, Gidgee Place, Yentoo Drive (Glenfield) • 18 January – Womboin Crescent, Willang Crescent, Tikki Place, Kamaroo Court
(Glenfield) • 19 January – Charleville Road (Turvey Park) • 22 January – Karoom Drive (Glenfield) • 23 January – Tura Place and Womboin Crescent (Glenfield) • 24 January – Lakehaven Drive (Lake Albert) • 25 January – Lakehaven Drive and Depazzi Place (Lake Albert) *Due to the nature of the works dates are subject to change
FUTURE WORKS
Dates to be confirmed • Bourkelands • Tolland • Tatton • Kooringal • Lakehaven • Mount Austin • Central Wagga • Ashmont
Time to recognise local legends Nominees for the 2018 Wagga Wagga Australia Day Awards have been announced ahead of the ceremony to be held on Thursday 25 January. There are eight nominees for Citizen of the Year, one nominee for Young Citizen of the Year and two for the Ted Ryder Memorial Award. Two athletes will be inducted into the Wagga Wagga Sporting Hall of Fame and one person will be inducted into the hall’s Local Legends category. “It’s great to see so many outstanding members of our community recognised through the award nomination process,” Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Greg Conkey OAM said. “The Australia Day Awards are a fantastic way to honour the hard work and dedication the people of our community do to make the city a better place. “The award nominees represent some of Wagga Wagga’s many unsung heroes,
AUSTRALIA DAY AWARD NOMINEES CITIZEN OF THE YEAR NOMINEES For outstanding service to the community • Phillip Sheather • Phillip Hoey • Michael Georgiou • Geraldine Duncan • Amy Gray
• Tony Aichinger • Annette St Clair • Fay Walters
YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR NOMINEES 27 years and younger, for outstanding service to the community • Francis Elliott-Rudder
from tireless community advocates to long-serving volunteers, and I would like to congratulate them on behalf of our city.” Unfortunately there were no nominations for the prestigious Walk of Honour that met the criteria. The Beyond Bank Australia Day Awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 25 January from 7pm in the Victory Memorial Gardens. Along with the awards, there will be a concert by the Australian Army Band Kapooka and the national anthem competition finalists.
TED RYDER MEMORIAL AWARD
For contributions to sporting organisations through administration and general service • Robert Hay • Peter Lloyd
All community members are invited to attend the awards, which will have food and drink available for purchase and a pop-up bar. The awards and Australia Day celebrations will be attended by Wagga Wagga’s Australia Day Ambassador, artist Yianni Johns. Also on Thursday is a picnic and movie night at the Oasis Regional Aquatic Centre from 7pm to 9pm, with free entry. Australia Day itself will begin with a free community breakfast courtesy of Kooringal Rotary and Triple M Riverina at the Victory
Memorial Gardens from 7am. Hit 93.1 Riverina will be providing free activities, including a thong throwing competition, continuous cricket game, AFL skills competition and more. At 9am, 28 people from nine countries will officially become Australians at the annual Australia Day citizenship ceremony held at the Civic Centre Forecourt. Rounding out the weekend of celebrations will be the 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay at Bolton Park on Sunday 28 January. There will be a free breakfast courtesy of Sunrise Rotary and Wagga Wagga Marketplace Woolworths from 8am and the official ceremony from 9am. “Along with some great free activities and events as part of Australia Day, the Queen’s Baton Relay will be an important moment in Wagga Wagga’s history as we are the first stop for the baton in NSW as the relay makes its way to the Gold Coast,” Cr Conkey said. For more information, visit www.wagga. nsw.gov.au/australiaday or to find out what other events are in Wagga over the Australia Day long weekend go to www.visitwagga.com.
FIND OUT WHAT'S ON IN WAGGA AT WWW.WAGGA.NSW.GOV.AU/AUSTRALIADAY