Office Hours: 8.30am - 5pm Monday to Friday Library Hours: 10am-5pm Monday to Friday & 8.30am - 12noon Saturday Phone: 026972 2266 Email: [email protected] EMERGENCY NUMBERS - Council 0418 402 350, Goldenfields Water 1800 800 917, Fire 000 WEST WYALONG LANDFILL WILL BE CLOSED ON ANZAC DAY Saturday April 25th BLAND SHIRE COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT CONSENTS AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATES Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 101 of the Environmental Planning and Assess- ment Act 1979 that Bland Shire Council has consented to the following development applica- tions, modification of development consents and complying development certificates: The abovementioned development consents, consents as modified and complying development certificates are available for public inspection, free of charge, during ordinary office hours (8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday), at Bland Shire Council Offices, Shire Street, West Wyalong. Ray Smith General Manager Application No Address Development Date of Consent DA/2015/074 Lot B, DP 355837 82 Church Street, West Wyalong Storage shed 14/3/2015 DA/2015/076 Lot 9, DP 752342 364 Rutledges Lane, Weethalle Land use – Camping Ground 17/3/2015 DA/2015/078 Lot 1025, DP 753135 123 Railway Road, West Wyalong Additions to a community building 2/3/2015 DA/2015/081 Lot 1, DP 303903 132 Main Street, West Wyalong Extension of liquor licence trading hours 31/3/2015 DA/2015/082 Lot 433, DP 1102123 26 Bellarwi Road, West Wyalong Subdivision [creation of an additional lot] 30/3/2015 DA/2015/084 Lot 425, DP 753135 275 Neeld Street, West Wyalong Removal of two (2) trees 17/3/2015 DA/2015/087 Lot 21, DP 1181205 15 Park Street, West Wyalong Removal of one (1) tree 30/3/2015 DA/2015/088 Lot 412, DP 514495 7 Court Street, West Wyalong Removal of two (2) trees 30/3/2015 MOD/2015/001 Lot 11, DP 1103472 45 Dumaresq Street, West Wyalong Modification of DA/2015/041 consent to staged development 25/3/2015 DA /2015/090 Lot 16, Section 35, DP 759123 93 Neeld Street, Wyalong Removal of one (1) tree 19/3/2015 Riverina Branch Australian Stock Horse Society Annual Show West Wyalong Showground 18-19 April Phone: 6976 4224 or 0427 762 009 or visit www.ashs.com.au for more details ***** Bland Shire Council meeting Tuesday, 21 April Bland Shire Council Chambers ***** Introduction to Sports Taping Tuesday, April 21 West Wyalong, 6pm-9pm Cost $60 Phone: 6862 6623 ***** Tallimba Remembers, Anzac Day picnic Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli Saturday, 25 April 12.30pm picnic lunch in Tallimba Park. BYO picnic lunch, drinks, snacks and chairs 3pm: Anzac Day march and commemorative service ***** The West Wyalong CWCI presents a “Touch of Winter” Coffee & Dessert Evening Tuesday, 28 April 6.45pm for 7pm at the Anglican Parish Centre Featuring a mini fashion parade, handicrafts, guest speaker Margo Stone & fun activities Tickets :$15 from the House of Fashion ***** Extraordinary Bland Shire Council meeting Tuesday, 28 April Bland Shire Council Chambers ***** Advanced Sports Taping Tuesday, April 28 West Wyalong, 6pm-9pm Cost $60 Phone: 6862 6623 ***** West Wyalong markets Saturday, 9 May 8.30am-1pm McCann Park, West Wyalong Phone: Rhonda on 0400 531 604 or Holly on 0416 199 719 ***** Ungarie Arts and Crafts Mothers Day markets Sunday, 10 May 9am-1pm Ungarie War Memorial Hall Gold coin donation ***** West Wyalong Hospital Auxiliary Mothers Day luncheon Sunday, 10 May Noon-2pm at Lions Park BBQ and Salad, slice, tea & coffee Adults $10 Children $5 Family $25 Service Levels Class 1 Class 2 Urban Rural Design speed KPH 100 50 100 Surface Sealed Sealed Sealed Travel lanes 2 lane 2 lane 2 lane Lane Width (metres) 3.5 3 3 1m Sealed Shoulder Yes Yes No 500mm Sealed Shoulder Yes Yes Yes 1m Gravel Shoulder Yes No Yes Line Marking Yes No Over crests Guideposts Yes spaced 150m No Yes spaced 250m Roughness 4 5 Sign-Crests Yes NA Yes Sign-Curves Yes NA Yes Sign-Speed Advisory Yes NA Yes Vegetation Clearance-Shoulder 6m NA 4m Vegetation Clearance-Heights 5.5m NA 4.6m Shoulder Grass Sprayed Annually Yes NA Yes Roadside Slashing If required NA If required Pothole Patching Response Time 2 days 1 week 1 week Guideposts Defect-Response Time 1 month 3 months Warning Sign Defect Response Time 24 hours 1 week Vegetation Defect Response Time 1 month 3 months Bland Shire Council recently held a series of roads forums in the Bland Shire. After a small turnout to the first forum in West Wyalong, community members turned out in force to subsequent forums in Ungarie, Weethalle and Mirrool. A key part of the sessions was a presentation from Council General Manager, Ray Smith and Director of Assets and Engineering Services, Will Marsh on Council’s roads funding model and roads hierarchy system. The roads hierarchy sets out the service levels for each road in the Bland Shire based on the limited funding available from the collection of rates and Government funding received by Council. While Bland Shire farmers pay approximately $3 million per year on rates, Council spend $5.7 million per year on roads including $4.1 million on unsealed rural roads used mainly by farmers. The Federal Government’s recent decision to freeze the indexation of Financial Assistance Grants and the Roads to Recovery program is expected to reduce Council’s roads funding by more than $500,000. The roads hierarchy contains six classifications, from category one state highways to category six unmaintained tracks, which each have identified service levels and response times for maintenance that Council strive to achieve within its roads maintenance budget. The table on the right features roads classifications one and two. The remaining classifications will be featured and explained further in subsequent editions of the Bland Shire Council notices. Category one roads included classified main roads, including state highways and regional (main) roads which are predominantly funded by the RTA while category two roads include arterial roads distributing traffic directly between towns and villages and streets which provide direct access to commercial and industrial areas. Roads and rates issues explained