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Residents in the Tweed Shire are in for a 2 percent rate increase. Mayor Chris Cherry says a large portion of the additional funds will be used for much-needed road repairs. “Obviously we’ve had a lot of damage to roads due to flooding recently, and I think everybody has noticed that and so we’re putting a lot of emphasis into repairing those landslides, potholes, and just trying to make our roads as safe as possible,” Tweed Mayor, Chris Cherry, said. The rise is part of council’s $254 million draft budget plan, set to see rates rise an average of $50 per bill.

Premium Content Subscriber only Rates in the Tweed Shire Council area are expected to go up by 2 per cent this year as detailed in the council's $254 million draft budget plan. The average residential ratepayer will be slapped with a $1124.70 ordinary rates bill for the 2021/22 financial year - a total of $22.05 more than last year. Water, sewerage and waste charges are also on the rise, costing the average rate payer an extra $30.30 on top of ordinary rates. The budget draft states the rates rise is in line with the independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal "rate peg" of 2 per cent. T...

Premium Content Subscriber only A proposed affordable living project in the Wardrop Valley was the centre a heated debate at Thursday night’s Tweed Shire Council meeting. Driven by Councillor Ron Cooper, the concept is to develop an affordable rental living village on council-owned land on Wardrop Valley Rd, adjoining the Murwillumbah Industry Central Estate, about 5km to the southeast of the Murwillumbah town centre – at no expense to rate payers. However, a recent review by the Audit, Risk and Improvement Committee found a number of flaws in the project – much of which sparked debate...

DURSLEY is one of ten towns and villages to become a Cotswold Gateways location. Led by the Cotswolds National Landscape team, the aim of the Gateways project is to offer key sites from which people can follow walking and cycling routes to explore some of the countryside of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. These routes provide opportunities to discover hidden corners, epic views, historic sites, and a rich diversity of wildlife. “This is great for Dursley,” said Chris Cherry, Dursley Welcomes Walkers chairman. “We’ve got a lovely area and this will allow mor...

Premium Content Subscriber only At Thursday night’s meeting councillors voted unanimously in favour of declaring the local government area was experiencing an extreme situation with respect to lack of housing availability and affordability in our community. Mayor Chris Cherry brought forward the motion, citing a previous study which showed the Tweed Shire to be the eighth least affordable place for youth to live in the world and further studies showing 35 per cent of the community lived on low to very low income. “I’ve got people coming to us talking about how they’re mi...