Narromine Star 18.11.2021

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PROUDLY SERVING THE NARROMINE, TRANGIE AND TOMINGLEY REGION

‘Superwoman’ celebrates business milestone STORY: PAGE 4

River below minor flood level WITH many parts of the state on significant flood watch, the central west has been spared the worst of the weather for now. Trangie has only recorded 15mm rainfall in the past week compared to Dubbo’s 56.6mm. The Macquarie River height at Narromine swelled to 4.82 metres on Sunday which is well below the minor flood level of 5.50 metres. On Monday and Tuesday, the height remained steady at 3.7 metres before falling to 3.2 metres on Wednesday morning. The height at Gin Gin Weir remains over four metres and the river did peak over the minor flood level at Warren (7.91 metres) on Tuesday. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting more rain over the weekend which is not good news for farmers who are trying to harvest crops. Water has also been released from Burrendong Dam this week, as the dam levels rose 30 per cent in one week to 128 per cent on Tuesday. WaterNSW has advised they are now releasing 10 gigalitres a day from Burrendong Dam, which is currently receiving inflows of 13 gigalitres a day. The releases will be reassessed later in the harvest period.

Thursday, November 18,, 2021

FIRST RETIREMENT Narromine VILLAGE PLANNED honours the fallen STORY: PAGE 5

STORY & PHOTOS: PAGE 12

‘Restore our bridge’ Meeting’s unanimous call to keep pedestrian rail bridge here

A sign at the foot bridge site this week pleads: “Please don’t pull me down – I have lived here for 107 years.” PHOTO: NARROMINE STAR

Will 2021 be another black summer? AUSTRALIA’S relatively wet winter does not however allay fears of yet another catastrophic fi re season. Temperatures this year have been some of the hottest on record. Full story: Page 4

By BROOKE CHANDLER COMMUNITY members voiced their concerns about the removal of the pedestrian rail bridge at an Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) public session this week. A turnout of about 50 locals all voted against ARTC’s pro-

posal of relocating the bridge to Richmond Vale Railway Museum in the Hunter Valley. Instead, every hand up in the room asked to restore the bridge to a standard that would satisfy both engineering and heritage listing requirements. Councillor Craig Davies

started the feedback session, explaining the community’s outrage as having prompted ARTC community engagement officer, Julie Sutton, to revise the project. Ms Sutton and her colleague Mick Doran, who remained outside the USMC due to being unvaccinated, travelled from the Hunter Valley

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region to converse with Narromine locals. “We are all about advocacy”, Ms Sutton said. “Today I would like to understand your position, understand what I can do to help and put your position forward through to the business and its processes.”

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