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Division 6 councillor Mike Brunker was the only person to oppose the move during the council meeting on Wednesday, saying residents already had an issue with paid parking. âWe bring more paid parking into the place and we say we want more tourists there and (then) people leave with fines,â Cr Brunker said. âPeople complain about the amount of paid parking down there and we put more in there.â Council agenda documents state the installation of the paid parking system will enable the parking and infringement integrated management system project to be completed. A new parking system was implemented in car parks across Airlie Beach in December last year but the council decided not to install it at the Whitsunday Sailing Club car park. ....
Premium Content Subscriber only A âhugeâ parking issue in Airlie Beach has prompted a Whitsunday councillor to urge council staff to take action and prevent a life being lost. Division 1 councillor Jan Clifford asked for an update on the installation of no-standing signs and yellow line markings on Broadwater Ave at the most recent council meeting. Cr Clifford labelled the current situation âdangerousâ as cars parked on the road were overcrowding the narrow stretch. She was concerned about the stretch between Coral Sea Marina and the Broadwater car park. âCouncillor (Al) Grundy and I drove around there ⦠I had to cross the double white lines because of cars parked there with trailers hanging out,â Cr Clifford said. ....
Deputy Mayor John Collins said the charges should be waived because it was a not-for-profit group that already operated in the region. Division 1 councillor Jan Clifford agreed, saying homelessness and partial homelessness was a great issue in our region . Particularly for older people and particularly for older women, she said. For older women homelessness is the fastest growing demographic in Australia. Through no fault of their own, it may have been through a marriage break-up or there was one case that came across my desk was a lady whose husband and her were caretakers on a property, and he passed away and she had nowhere to go. ....
Project switch The councillors will discuss whether to forgo the previously approved Railway Road Footpath Project in Collinsville, funded through Works for Queensland, and use the $400,000 elsewhere. It was recommended the funding instead be used to irrigate the Collinsville Showground Oval, complete the missing footpath/pedestrian footbridge link along Scottville Rd and complete street beautification on Stanley St. Agenda documents state community consultation showed the Railway Road project was not considered a high priority for Collinsville residents. It was recommended the councillors use the funding for the alternative projects, rather than the Railway Road Footpath Project. Bowen Men s Shed ownership ....
Before leaving town, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced the appointment of 67 members to serve on seven agricultural trade advisory committees. A complete list of committee members are available at fas.usda.gov/atacs and includes a who’s who of influential voices from commodity groups to agribusinesses. The Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee is comprised of senior representatives from across the U.S. agricultural community who provide advice to USDA and USTR on trade policy matters including the operation of existing trade agreements and the negotiation of new agreements. Members of the six Agricultural Technical Advisory Committees provide technical advice and guidance from the perspective of their specific product sectors. This group of appointed advisors will serve until 2025. ....