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Premium Content Subscriber only Byron Shire councillors have been at loggerheads over the future of the shire's rail corridor. Councillor Paul Spooner sought for the council to suspend all work on the Byron Shire Rail with Trail project at the council's meeting on Thursday. While a solar train runs between Elements of Byron Resort and the CBD, the remainder of the shire's rail corridor remains disused, with its future unclear for now. Cr Spooner's motion sought information on whether discussions took place between the council's staff and the mayor or any the councillor as to "the perceive...

Premium Content Subscriber only The deputy chair of Rous County Council has made a plea to Northern Rivers residents to voice their support for the Dunoon Dam. Ballina Shire councillor Sharon Cadwallader made the request via social media, asking people to email Rous County Council and show support for the project. Cr Cadwallader is one of three Rous councillors who have tabled a rescission motion to bring the dam back into the Future Water Plan 2060. "Please help me to help you by emailing the General Manager at records@rous.nsw.gov.au ASAP as the rescission motion will be debated on Febr...

The Multi Use Rail Corridor Study (MURC) is supposed to be independent but the council refuses to reveal its terms of reference document. This would no doubt be because aim of the report was to make a positive finding for the practicality of running trains. The trail was clearly a secondary consideration which is why the discussion of the benefits of the trail were based on urban cycle usage and completely ignored that it would be part of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail. Arcadis, the company that prepared the report, had no experience with rail trails. Their inexperience shows throughout the r...

The plight of a Mullum resident has touched the hearts and injustice buttons of people far and wide who feel that a requirement that she repaint her house a heritage colour and possibly pay a fine, not only ridiculous but also petty. Rous County Council virtual mockup of former Dunoon Dam proposal. Three pro-dam councillors have announced a rescission motion to be discussed at the next Rous County Council meeting, seeking to overturn the recent decision to abandon the Dunoon Dam. Crs Sharon Cadwallader, Robert Mustow and Sandra Humphrys have lodged the motion, which relates to the disposal o...

Hans Lovejoy, editor Almost every Council meeting throws up hard decisions that must be courageously tackled, such as resolving competing community uses of public land. At last Thursday’s Council meeting, councillors voted to proceed with plans for a pump track, or a BMX track, at the Linda Vidler Memorial Parklands, located in Suffolk Park. Yet the chamber heard the decision comes without an adopted masterplan for the area, although a plan of management (PoM) was in place. The chamber also heard additional drainage and infill works were also needed, no matter what occurs on the site. The...