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2021-22 Draft Budget prioritises service delivery for community
Mildura Rural City Council’s 2021-22 Draft Budget has been released with a sharp focus on uninterrupted delivery of the more than 100 crucial services Council provides the community, despite the financial pressures of the global pandemic and other emergencies including drought and climate change.
Mildura Mayor Jason Modica said like many businesses and organisations around Australia, Council’s operations had been impacted by the pandemic, resulting in a need to prioritise spending.
“Council has adapted services and continued to deliver a capital works program to ensure our community is supported during these challenging 12 months,” Cr Modica said.
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Roadmap for Irymple’s future open for final public comment
Mildura Rural City Council has released its 15-year blueprint for the future of the thriving Irymple township.
The Irymple Structure Plan and Urban Design Framework 2021-2036 (the plan) is now in its final stage of public consultation, revealing some of the key themes to come out of previous rounds of community consultation, as well as the proposed roadmap for Irymple’s future.
The plan focuses on the area bounded by Sandilong and Morpung Avenues and Fourteenth and Sixteenth Streets.
It aims to guide future changes to land use as well as addressing future community needs in terms of housing, social services and public spaces.
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Work starts on Stage 2 of Deakin Avenue centre median redevelopment
Work started this week on the second stage of the Deakin Avenue centre median redevelopment between Eighth and Ninth Streets.
The $1 million suite of works will transform the centre median, continuing the successful design of the first stage of the redevelopment between Ninth and Tenth Streets, which was completed in 2018.
As part of the works a wide pathway will run down the centre median, surrounded by new garden beds and landscaping.
Mildura Mayor Jason Modica said this section of Deakin Avenue’s centre median is home to several important pieces of Mildura’s history, which will be retained and protected.