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Council receives grant to design intersections in Drouin and Warragul
Baw Baw Shire Council is one of 21 municipalities to receive funding through the Victorian Government’s Streamlining for Growth program.
The $2.7 million program is designed to create jobs and drive Victoria’s economic recovery.
Council has received a $250,000 (excluding GST) grant through the program, with $35,000 in additional in-kind support from the Victorian Planning Authority.
The funding will go towards delivering the Warragul and Drouin Development Contribution Plan (DCP) Arterial Road Intersection Design project.
The project will involve the design, detailed design approval and costing of critical pieces of infrastructure for Warragul and Drouin, including new roundabouts proposed for Main South Road in Drouin, Brandy Creek Road in Warragul and Warragul- Korumburra Road in Warragul.
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Council brings in a new approach to community engagement
Council has introduced a Community Engagement Policy to put the views and ideas of the community at the heart of the decision-making process.
The policy was endorsed at last night’s Council meeting, following community consultation in December 2020.
Community members can expect more opportunities to work alongside Council to make decisions on policies, strategies, and other significant decisions.
The policy aims to:
Outline our genuine intention to consider community input.
Increase transparency of the decisions that impact the community.
Build the community’s trust in Council’s decision-making process.
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Local roads set to be resealed across Baw Baw Shire
A total of 148,000 square metres of road surfaces will be resealed this year, after Council awarded a tender for the works at its meeting on Wednesday 10 February.
Sections of 16 local roads across the Shire will be resealed to improve safety and access for road users as part of Council’s annual Road Resealing Program
The contract for the works was awarded to Fulton Hogan Industries Pty Ltd for the total sum of $930,136.15 (excluding GST), following a tender process in 2020.
The annual program works to improve road surface conditions by spraying bitumen onto a road pavement and then rolling in a layer of uniformly sized stones to create a new surface.