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PUBLIC WORKS &
July 2016 ($4 million). Contractors are
on site now undertaking that work.
Council’s main water supply weir in
the Macquarie River in South Dubbo is
presently being upgradedwith a rockfill
ramp and fishway to make it both safer
for people and more environmentally
friendly for native fish species, again
with a contractor on site ($4 million).
And closer to the centre of town, the
Erskine Street Sewage Pump Station
is about to have its first major upgrade
since 1930 in the form of a new
overflow storage tank, odour control
works, new emergency generator and
improved vehicular access. A contract
for $7 million was let in March 2016
and work will be underway before the
middle of the year.
New Junction, New
Challenge
Somerecentprojectshavechallenged
theCity’s capabilities innewways, with
one project requiring Mr McLeod to
oversee the building of a new section
of railway line, a most unusual activity
for a Local Government authority to
become involved in.
North Dubbo is a major industrial
area in Western NSW which houses
the Dubbo Saleyards, a major export
abattoir, a major inter-modal transport
terminal and more than one hundred
othermixeduse industrial businesses.
The most direct entrance into North
Dubbo is at Boothenba Road adjacent
to a set of railway points called the