Today marks the start of National Road Safety Week, and the NSW Government is using the week to announce that from July 1, mobile phone detection cameras will also detect people not wearing seatbelts.
Roads and Infrastructure
Posted inMoree, Public Transport
Last days to have your say on Moree plane service
Moree has often had to fight hard to keep commercial flights coming to the small but important town, and now the community is being asked to have its say again.
Posted inPhones and internet
New mobile industry working group to support 3G switchover
The federal government has jumped to action half way through the shutdown of the 3G network after learning that hundreds of thousands of older 4G handsets would not be able to call 000 without the 3G network.
Posted inPhones and internet, Roads and Infrastructure
Farmers ask for help with 3G switch off underway
NSW Farmers have called for the Federal Government to take urgent action to ensure phone companies don’t leave thousands of farmers without mobile coverage as the 3G network shutdown progresses.
Posted inPhones and internet, Roads and Infrastructure
The 3G Network is being switched off: what you need to know
Concerns have been raised in some parts of the New England lately with Telstra customers being advised that the 3G network in their area is being switched off.
Posted inArmidale, Public Transport, Uralla Shire
Trials of zero emission buses on Armidale and Uralla school routes
Two electric buses will be rolled out on routes servicing schools in the Armidale and Uralla in coming months as part of a trial of zero emission technology in regional NSW.
Posted inRoads and Infrastructure
Coonabarabran flagged for new bushfire resilience program
A new program to boost the bushfire resilience of critical transport corridors by supporting Aboriginal cultural landscape management has been launched at four sites across regional New South Wales. Coonabarabran roads get the nod for the North West.
Posted inEbor, Recreation, Roads and Infrastructure
Ebor Falls viewing platform reopened
The completed new upper deck of the Ebor Falls visitor precinct was opened yesterday, more than four years after being destroyed by fire.
Posted inHousing, Moree, Moree Plains Shire, Roads and Infrastructure
Moree’s growth and infrastructure plan: have your say
Moree and surrounding areas are expected to grow over the next 20 years with the arrival of the Inland Rail and the Special Activation Precinct (SAP). Now is your chance to have your say.
Posted inGeneral News, Local politics, Moree Plains Shire, Narrabri, New England Surrounds, Roads and Infrastructure
Narromine to Narrabri Inland Rail Project receives Government Approval
Another step forward for Inland Rail with the Narromine to Narrabri (N2N) project receiving environmental approval from the Australian Government. It is welcomed news after a long delay for local communities.