July-August 2016 Oceania Edition

Business View Australia - July - August 2016 47 can be identified in the Winter Road Bridge upgrade. After an engineer’s report highlighted that the bridge was structurally unsound for heavy truck traffic, the council replaced the bridge with help from the Federal Government’s Bridges Renewal Program. Because of the district’s relatively low population, the council can directly address the problems of most of its residents. For instance, a fair percentage of the councilors are from the farming community and that industry is highly important for the council as a whole. In fact, a considerable portion of the road upgrades are completed precisely in order to service the farming community, whether it is by providing better access to storage facilities or allowing farmers to use their vehicles with greater ease. As such, it is no wonder that such a large percentage of the budget is allocated to the maintenance and upgrade of the road infrastructure. Improving the community with value-added projects Of course, roads are not the only thing that the Tatiara District Council concerns itself with. Every single public facility located in the region is somehow connected with the council, especially where the community is directly involved. The management teamoffourmemberspreparesreports for the council, recommendations