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Council News CITY OF WAGGA WAGGA
FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER 2019
Issue No: 274
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Class acts & acrobats in Season 2020 With a little help from two Circus Oz superstars, the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre has officially launched its 2020 Subscription Season. Performers Tara Silcock and Adam Malone gave launch attendees an insight into what can be expected when Circus Oz: Aurora arrives in the city next year. A visit from the worldrenowned Australian circus is just one highlight of a diverse and high-quality 12-month program featuring local and international artists and catering to all tastes and ages. The new year will deliver a blend of traditional intheatre performances from some of Australia’s leading companies, such as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia. For more information about plays and performances heading to the city in 2020, contact the Civic Theatre for a copy of the new Season booklet or read it online at www.civictheatre.com.au
CROWD PLEASERS: Circus Oz performers Adam Malone and Tara Silcock kept the crowd entertained at the Civic Theatre’s Subscription Season launch earlier this week.
RiFL project next stage on track The next major step in the multi-million dollar development of the Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics (RiFL) hub at Wagga Wagga’s business park was taken this week towards the project’s design and construction.
quickly towards a scheduled start date of July 2020. Mr Kell said a successful tender process may see a contract awarded for the design and construction of RiFL in March next year. “Council has worked hard behind the scenes during the past 18 months in particular to secure funding for the project which promises to be a massive development for Wagga and the wider region,” Mr Kell said. “The scope of this project needs to be highlighted as potentially one of the most important developments in the city in recent Wagga City Council has advertised a decades. request for tenders in the process to engage “It is the impetus for kick-starting the a contractor to deliver works across the Special Activation Precinct at Bomen which scope of the $50M project. will provide 6000 jobs in the next 20 to 30 Council’s Manager City Strategy Tristan years. Kell said the project will now start to move “RiFL is also a leverage for the Inland Rail
making Wagga a major inland port along Australia’s eastern seaboard.” Council recently secured $29.18M in State Government funding which will support two key initiatives to ensure the full potential of economic gains are realised at Bomen. These initiatives centre on the industrial estate’s enabling infrastructure, including civil works, utilities and roads, and also digital connectivity for new and existing businesses in the enterprise area. Mr Kell said the overall objective is to make Bomen a more attractive, efficient and affordable place to do business. “This sort of funding goes towards the infrastructure which will help Bomen deliver on its economic promise and will ultimately create new jobs which drives regional growth and productivity.” The latest funding followed a State
Government grant of $14.4M in August last year towards the construction of the RiFL rail siding. The announcement came just days after Visy Logistics was confirmed as a private partner in the freight hub development. Council will deliver the RiFL project and Visy will operate the terminal. Mr Kell said Council was aiming to have the hub operational by late 2021 or early 2022. Mayor of the City of Wagga Wagga Councillor Greg Conkey OAM said it was pleasing to see the project moving forward on the back of significant funding. “Bomen will be the economic driver for this city for many decades. This is a great outcome for the city and to see the RiFL project getting closer to a start means we can look forward to another major project evolving in Wagga Wagga,” Cr Conkey said.
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