$197m plan for Toowoomba sports park reaches major milestone
It’s a massive project years in the making, but a long-awaited sports precinct slated for Toowoomba has reached a significant milestone.
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’Excessive’: Council split on $11k overseas trip to New Zealand
Three elected officials and a council officer will be heading to New Zealand at the end of the year, on a trip that could cost potentially ratepayers up to $11,000.
Inside look: NAB reveals plans for new Toowoomba CBD branch
One of the nation’s top banks has lodged plans for a new branch in the Toowoomba CBD, and the lender has explained why a fresh location was needed. Take a look inside here.
Plan hatched to turn old commercial building into lakeside units
Developers are already circling an old commercial building overlooking a popular Toowoomba lake, with the view that the site could become a unit development.
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Calls for report into region’s relationship with Chinese city
A TOOWOOMBA councillor has called for a report on the exact economic and cultural value created by the region’s sister city relationship with a Chinese district.
Council to form $12k expert panel for Railway Parklands
THE Toowoomba Regional Council has created a new $12,000-a-year expert advisory panel that will help grow business activity in the Railway Parklands precinct.
Council scraps $98m flood plan to protect nearly 200 homes
THE Toowoomba Regional Council has walked away from a major flood mitigation plan to protect hundreds of households in the Oakey township because it believed the project’s cost outweighed the potential benefits.
Small town boost: Council approves incentives worth $160k
THE Toowoomba Regional Council has granted more than $160,000 in incentives and subsidies to four different projects based in regional towns.
Toowoomba teams up with neighbour to secure waste services
THE Toowoomba Regional Council will team up with a neighbouring local government as part of a joint procurement process for waste and recyclables collection services.
Council fast-tracking $19.5m plan for Toowoomba’s water
THE Toowoomba Regional Council will seek advice from external contractors as part of the fast-tracking of a $19.5 million expansion of the city’s main water treatment plant.
Heritage-listed properties to receive $37k facelifts
TWO historic and heritage-listed buildings in the Toowoomba region will be revitalised thanks to more than $18,000 in incentives from the council.
Developer secures six-month extension to subdivision approval
A DEVELOPER has secured a further six months to complete a subdivision at Meringandan West, citing uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 forces delay of retirement village expansion
THE developer behind an approved expansion to a retirement facility in Toowoomba’s western suburbs says COVID-19 has forced them to delay construction.
SES swells with volunteers after horror fire season
ONE Toowoomba region SES group quadrupled the number of volunteers on its books, prompting an expansion of its headquarters.
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