The Watershed Review
News for the Northern Rivers
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- Byron Shire's proposed special rate variation would lift the average residential ordinary land rate from $1,762 now to $2,379 in 2029/30, on the council's indicative path
- Lismore councillors asked on 13 October to approve a special entertainment precinct in the CBD, a resolution a state grant requires
- Richmond Valley Council proposes replacing its $25 residential stormwater charge with a land-value rate starting at an $85 minimum; feedback closes 4 November
- Work on Kyogle's $12.5 million Clarence Way upgrade is scheduled to start on 12 October, with all of it expected to be completed by early 2028
- A Ballina council report prices the shire's road works to 2046 at $459 million, and the indicative contribution per new lot or dwelling at $54,144. It puts the state cap at $20,000