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Wagga Wagga City Council weekly newsletter
Saturday 18 November 2023 | Issue #472
Community
Works & Projects
FULL STEAM AHEAD: The final seal was applied to this stretch of Lake Albert Road earlier this week.
Works to apply the final seal to several key roads in our network
Council and first responders to join forces for a second Family Community Safety Day BUILDING ON SUCCESS: Riverina Police District Inspector Jillian Gibson and Council’s Community Development Coordinator Alex Osgood this week announced Wagga Wagga’s second Family Community Safety Day for 2023 will be on Saturday 9 December. Wagga Wagga City Council, in collaboration with Police from the Wagga Wagga Local Area Command, are inviting locals to come along to the Riverside Park Precinct for our second Family Community Safety Day for 2023. The family friendly event is being held adjacent to the Riverside Playground area near Wagga Beach once again between 10am and 12pm on Saturday 9 December 2023. Council’s Community Development Coordinator Alex Osgood is encouraging community members from across the local government area to come along and connect with local first responders. “We will have representatives from the police, fire, and local emergency volunteer groups at Riverside, in addition to the Wagga Agile Library Service, and Santa will be appearing direct from the North Pole," Alex Osgood said. “The purpose of these events is to
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work with local police to engage with community on a regular basis about any community safety concerns. “It is also an opportunity for community to engage with their local first responders in more positive settings instead of a crisis situation.” Professional Standards, Youth and Engagement Officer with the Riverina Police District, Inspector Jillian Gibson, believes the Family Community Safety Day is an important initiative. “Community safety is about recognising the need for all sections of the community to work together to create a safer environment for people to work, live and travel especially during the upcoming festive season,” Inspector Gibson said. “This means building partnerships between police, government agencies, local council, community organisations and individuals to promote and strengthen community safety for all.” The Family Community Safety Day
aligns with Council’s Community Safety Action Plan 2022 – 2026 (CSAP), which outlines the strategies and actions to increase safety, reduce crime where possible, and work toward building a safe and vibrant city for the future. To read the Community Safety Action Plan 2022 - 2026, visit wagga.nsw.gov. au/csap2026
SUCCESSFUL START: Around 250-plus people dropped in at Wagga Wagga's inaugural Family Community Safety Day held on 29 April 2023.
Wagga Wagga City Council is advising motorists to be aware contractors are in the process of applying the final bitumen seal on a number of road work projects The crews will carry out sealing works on Coolamon Road at the Houlaghans Creek Bridge on Saturday 18 November, and then on the section of Bourke Street between Fernleigh Road and Urana Street the following Saturday, 25 November, weather permitting. Director Infrastructure Services Warren Faulkner said this work is the penultimate stage of completing the 2022-2023 program of pavement renewal and improvement projects undertaken on several key connector roads within the Council area over the last 11 months. “We’re now moving full steam ahead on completing those works by spraying the final bitumen seal on the roads which we stabilised and rehabilitated in May and June this year,” Mr Faulkner said. “We did not apply the final seal back in June as the weather conditions were too cool and damp to allow for the bitumen to stick to the pavement effectively. “Instead, due to the timing of the construction completion in the cooler months of the year, an initial primer seal was applied during the works as a temporary wearing course and seal to protect the rehabilitated pavement until the weather conditions were more suitable for applying the final seal.” The last stage of this work is to remark the lines on the road. This will not occur for at least a month after the final seal works are completed to allow the impurities in the bitumen to settle. Earlier this week, the final seal was applied to a 1.6-kilometre stretch of Lake Albert Road between the Kooringal Road roundabout and Eastlake Drive. Mr Faulkner said there had been some instances of the initial primer seal stripping off the pavement on Lake Albert Road and Bourke Street, particularly at higher-stress locations such as intersections where vehicles brake and turn. “These issues are being addressed as part of the final seal application process, currently underway,” Mr Faulkner said. You can stay up to date on road works by visiting livetraffic.com
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