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Posted inArmidale, Local politics, Roads and Infrastructure

Rail Trail fight gets ugly again as Armidale votes to spend $500k on a ‘dead horse’

blankby Kath JacobsOctober 27, 2025November 1, 2025

Some unprofessional moments in last Wednesday night’s debate about the Rail Trail proposal has now devolved into claims, counter claims, and petitions this week.

Posted inArmidale, Armidale Regional, Local politics, Regional Development

Council seeks over a million dollars to persist with controversial rail trail

blankby Kath JacobsOctober 20, 2025October 21, 2025

Armidale Regional Council will this week vote on whether to spend more than a million dollars of ratepayer funds to keep the New England Rail Trail alive, despite repeated funding rejections and ongoing community division over the project.

Posted inArmidale Regional, Emergency management, New England Surrounds, Roads and Infrastructure, Willow Tree

“Just trashed”: New England Highway disintegrates under diverted trucks

blankby RK CrosbyMay 27, 2025August 27, 2025

Broken axles, damaged tyres and wheels, and dangerous road conditions have been widely reported the length of the New England Highway.

Posted inArmidale, Glen Innes, Grants and funding, Guyra, Local politics, NSW Politics, Roads and Infrastructure

Rail Trail funding pulled

blankby RK CrosbyNovember 25, 2024

The saga of the New England Rail Trail has taken another turn, with bushfire recovery funding allocated to the project being pulled by the NSW Government.

Posted inArmidale, Local politics, Roads and Infrastructure

‘A condescendingly pretentious disgusting attempt to bully councillors’: the Rail Trail lives again

blankby RK CrosbyMay 14, 2024

A motion to reverse the decision to not support a smaller rail trail project north of Armidale has been passed at a special meeting of the Armidale Regional Council last night.

Posted inArmidale Regional, Indigenous, Local politics

Disrespect in Armidale Council as motion to recognise Indigenous owners voted down

blankby Kate BrownMay 31, 2023November 27, 2025

Armidale Regional Councillors have voted down a motion to install acknowledgement signs for traditional landowners at a disruptive council meeting.

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