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Subscriber only Residents across the Southern Downs can now have dozens of library resources delivered free and directly to their door. With Southern Downs Libraries regular mobile service still suspended under COVID-19 restrictions, the initiative aims to give all residents easy access to the public facility. A Southern Downs Regional Council spokeswoman said the libraries were committed to ensuring everyone had equal access to their resources. The Southern Downs Libraries experience is so much more than visiting one of our fantastic facilities, the spokeswoman said. and our staff will deliver them directly to your door. Whether it s borrowing a book, magazine, puzzle or DVD, no one should miss out on what our libraries have to offer.
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The cause of a huge fire at the Warwick Endeavour Recycling Plant that shut down operations for days may never be known, with fire crews saying the size of the blaze made it difficult to determine.
Additional heavy machinery from the Warwick Fire Brigade and Southern Downs Regional Council was needed to completely extinguish the flames. More than 20 tonnes of compressed cardboard caught fire at the Warwick Endeavour Recycling Plant on January 22. Picture: Jessica Paul
Warwick Endeavour’s recycling and waste operations manager Arthur Ziakas said the alarming incident was the first he’d seen at any facility in two decades.
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An intersection labelled one of Warwickâs most dangerous by road safety advocates and government officials is set to receive a huge upgrade.
The junction at Churchill Dr and Park Rd will be overhauled under the joint Building our Future (Black Spot) Program between Southern Downs Regional Council and the Federal Government.
Stage 1 of construction is expected to begin on February 15 and will focus on replacing the existing water main, with the new roundabout to be built in the second stage.
The total project cost is $388,000, with $250,000 sourced externally and the remaining $138,000 from the council budget.
Southern Downs Regional Council has credited a dramatic change from an estimated $700,000 budget deficit to a $70,000 to the recent rates increase. The council s second quarterly budget review was tabled in last week s ordinary meeting, revealing the huge swing in the 2020/21 forecast. The move will result in a total 1.9 per cent increase for ratepayers by the end of June. For this coming six months, the concession has been removed and consequently the numbers have changed, Cr Pennisi said. Aside from that, we ve found some savings on the operational side of the budget that have kicked in. (We re also receiving) some money to restore some of the banks on the Condamine, and all of that added together means that we re showing a surplus of $70 odd-thousand.