NSW Farmers has welcomed two boosts for the bush, with a pothole pledge and new funding for drought resilience. On Wednesday the NSW Government announced a $155 million rural road blitz to repair damaged roads, and joined the federal government in pledging $43.2...
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A 25-Year Legacy of Serving the New England Northwest
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service is proud to celebrate 25 years of continuous aeromedical operations across the New England Northwest, with the milestone anniversary of its Tamworth Base officially marked yesterday. Since its launch in 2000, the Tamworth Base has...
Seatbelt Warning from Roads Minister
Monday marked 200 days into the year, and already more than 200 lives have been lost on NSW roads. That’s more than one death a day and as your Roads Minister, that statistic haunts me. Every one of those people was someone’s child, parent, sibling or friend. They...
Moylan Welcomes Funding to Improve Safety On Our Roads
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed additional funding for level crossings in Uralla and Armidale. More than $211,000 has been secured for Armidale Regional Council and Uralla Shire Council from the NSW Government’s Level Crossing Improvement...
ISC Brings Funding Forward to Carry Out Road Maintenance
Inverell Shire council has approved to bring funding forward from the Regional Emergency Road Repair Fund to carry out maintenance works across Council's unsealed road network. The road network experienced increased deterioration in March and April this year following...
Road Crews on the Way to Repair the New England Highway
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has been advised by the NSW Government that repairs to the New England Highway will begin this week. After record-breaking floods hit the coast of NSW last week, traffic was rediverted to the New England Highway which...
Stronger Willis Creek Bridge to Improve Transport
Armidale Regional Council has engaged a contractor to strengthen the Willis Creek Bridge on Tenterden Road. Council says this work will allow the existing 25 tonne limit to be removed, aiding the more efficient movement of goods and services between Guyra and Tingha....
Glen Innes Severn Council Celebrates Successful Delivery of Five New Bridges
Glen Innes Severn Council has successfully replaced five ageing timber bridges, marking a major milestone under Round 1 of the NSW Government's Fixing Country Bridges (FCB) Program. Funded with $4.7 million from the FCB Program and an additional $1.17 million from the...
Glen Innes Airport Reopens After Major Upgrades
It’s wheels down at Glen Innes Airport, with major upgrade works now complete and the runway back in action. The airport fully reopened this week following essential improvements, including: Runway rehabilitation on the main bitumen runway New and upgraded lighting on...