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Wollongong City Council has re-elected Councillor Tania Brown as Deputy Lord Mayor for the next 12 months.
Hire a Neuron e-scooter at Fairy Meadow Beach, ride it to the gym at Beaton Park Leisure Centre, drop by the Wollongong Botanic Garden for some quiet time and then head into the CBD for some essential shopping – all this and more will be an option when Wollongong’s e-scooter trial comes online later this month.
The Bulli Beach shared pathway is a firm community favourite and we’re working to make this area even better.
We get it. Life is busy. That’s why we’ve pulled together five decisions from Monday night’s Council meeting we’re keen to share with our community.
You may have noticed that work has picked up again behind the fences at Towradgi Point. Here’s what you need to know about this project.
What does reopening the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre after an extensive refurbishment, adopting the 2023-2027 Sportsground and Sporting Facilities Strategy, delivering Comic Gong, Botanic Gardens Day and NAIDOC week celebrations, and securing NSW Government funding to support the upgrade of Helensburgh Pool all have in common?
We get it. You had better things to do on Monday 31 July instead of watching the Wollongong City Council Meeting — the Matildas’ glorious 4-0 win over Canada was likely your top priority.
Building on the goals within the Wollongong Housing Strategy, Wollongong City Council has tonight endorsed a tender for $5M to Head Start Homes for an affordable rental housing and pathway to home ownership program.
While its doors are still a few years’ away from opening, the Southern Suburbs Community Centre & Library is one step closer, with Wollongong City Council opening an Expressions of Interest process for construction of the major project
Construction works to replace the causeway on Otford Road will start in early August, just six months after the original causeway was damaged beyond repair in a major weather event.