Community members are concerned with traffic flow dangers and have approached councillors. This comes with the bakery reopening and a new coffee shop opening at the club, plus the intersection leading onto a major thoroughfare for buses. There has been an increase of daily use at these businesses and parking is limited for trades and recreational vehicles. Upper Lachlan’s General Manager, John Bell reminded the councillors that it is a state road.

With only one designated legal parking place directly out the front of the bakery, customers have been seen parking in the non-parking area, restricting the view of vehicles turning onto Goulburn Street from Colyer street. Trades vehicles have also been parking in front of the bakery.

Councillor Darren O’Brien indicated revisiting the idea of a roundabout to ease the congestion and this would be especially welcomed as the intersection is a very busy bus and commuter route.

Councillor Richard Opie stressed that this could become a major issue. Councillors will have the traffic committee revisit the idea of a roundabout. Police are aware of the problem.

School children across the Shire are being urged to put on their thinking caps and let their creativity run wild for the Our Towns – Schools’ Ideas Competition. The competition, open to all school-aged children in the Upper Lachlan Shire, is an opportunity for youngsters to share their ideas about how the Shire’s town centres might become more vibrant, fun places.

The Competition is part of Council’s project to develop a Streetscape Themes Guide for the towns and villages in the shire, to be used in future street beautification projects. The Guide will include landscape design principles, which will be used across the Shire for decades to come so it is important that young people are given the opportunity to have a say in the future of their towns.

Students will prepare entries within the schools, based on different tasks for various year levels. The schools will then each select three entries to submit for judging. The judges will select an entry from each school to receive a prize. There is also an overall prize, plus a prize for every participating school.

Schools are encouraged to register their interest by Friday, 4 August 2017. Competition entries are open now and will close on Friday, 25 August 2017. For further information, please visit the Our Towns – Schools’ Ideas Competition website: www.our-towns.org.

The Crookwell Progress Association will host a community ‘ideas’ meeting for the Crookwell Streetscape.