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Roadworks on Burra Road to commence on 18 May

Mon, 17 May 2010 16:06:26 +1000

Palerang Council will be undertaking roadworks along Burra Road near the property entrance at "Glenola", heading south for a distance of approximately 600 metres.

Weather permitting, Council's construction crews will commence these works on Tuesday, 18 May 2010. The works will involve new drainage, earthworks, pavement construction, bitumen sealing and appropriate road delineation and markings.

It is expected that the works will be finished by 30 June 2010, provided that no adverse weather, unforeseen circumstances or structural deficiencies to the pavement are encountered.

The nature of the works means that there will be some traffic delays. Appropriate traffic management measures will be in operation to assist traffic flows through the job site as much as possible. Council regrets any inconvenience caused as a result of these works.

Further information may be obtained from Council's Senior Engineer - Works, Mr Daniel Park, during business hours on (02) 6238 8138.

Burra resident to contest Eden-Monaro

Sun, 16 May 2010 05:18:54 +0000

Burra resident, David Gazard, has won Liberal Party preselection to contest the marginal Electorate of Eden-Monaro at the federal election due later this year.

Mr Gazard is a former journalist and previously worked as a press secretary for John Howard, Tony Abbott and Peter Costello while the Coalition was in government. He is founding parter of founding partners of Advise, a specialist communications and government relations consultancy. Mr Gazard is a regular contributor to the online opinion forum, The Punch.

After winning preselection, Mr Gazard told the Sydney Morning Herald that he believed that the seat can be won from Labor.

"My experience in politics tells me that every fight is tough ... but I've just got to get my head down and do what I need to do," he said.

"People in the seat are fed up with the waste and mismanagement they've seen from this government," he said, raising concerns about the botched insulation scheme, government debt, and rising interest rates.

Eden-Monaro is held by Labor's Mike Kelly who secured a 6.7% swing in the 2007 election to take the seat from the sitting member Gary Nairn. A electoral boundary redistribution since the last election has resulted in Kelly's 3.4% margin being trimmed to an estimated 2.3%. The new electoral boundaries include Bateman's Bay (previously in the electorate of Gilmore) and a loss of Tumut and Tumbarumba, which return to the electorate of Riverina.

Palerang Councillor and former deputy Mayor, Catherine Moore will contest the election as The Greens candidate. Ms Moore has previously contested the State seat of Monaro on behalf of The Greens.

Local free range egg producer offers farm gate sales

Sun, 16 May 2010 05:22:05 +0000

A local free range egg producer is offering farm gate sales for their product.

For more information, visit the Burra Community Bulletin Board

Rural residents raise concerns about proposed LEP zoning

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:18:17 +0000

Palerang Councillor Anne Goonan is encouraging rural residents to become proactive about the draft Palerang Local Environment Plan. Of particular concern is the the apparent rezoning by Palerang staff of the current rural residential areas to Zone E4 — Environmental Living, while another rural-residential type zone, Zone RU4 – Rural Small Holdings, has been excluded.

For more information, including a description of the Zone E4 and Zone RU4 and links to the draft planning document, visit the BURRA news page.

Palerang seeks comments on working-draft LEP

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:27:31 +0000

Palerang Council will hold the first of several special council meetings this Thursday to consider the working draft of the Local Environment Plan (LEP).

Palerang Deputy Mayor, Richard Graham has written to residents seeking their views on the newly-released Draft Local Environment Plan (LEP). The text of his letter is published on the BURRA website, together with links to the draft LEP.