Mid-Western Council July Meeting

Mid-Western Regional Council sat for their July meeting this week at the Mudgee Chambers, with multiple agendas presented, including pedestrian safety reports.

The following points were determined:

Mudgee’s CBD will now see a speed reduction down to 40 km/h after the High Pedestrian Activity Area was adopted last night.


In the staff report, councillors were told that feedback received on the proposal saw 192 responses with 59.9% AGASINT, 34.4 for and 5.7% unsure.


Staff claiming that this reflected neither strong opposition or support for the proposal.

The staff report also noted that survey respondents did not did not have access to the statistics or scientific research, which includes that there have been Five crashes involving pedestrians have occurred in the Mudgee CBD in the last five years, resulting in one fatality and four people injured, and that Pedestrians hit by a car at 40km’h have twice the chance of surviving, than if hit at 50km/h.


Council also accepted Regional Sport Facility grant from the NSW Government for $350,000 towards the installation of underground water storage tanks at Mudgee’s Glen Willow Stadium.


Council has also been successful in an application to the Commonwealth Government’s Driver Reviver Site Upgrades Program for $150,000 to upgrade and improve Percy Nott Rest Area.


And finally, The Mudgee Valley Tourist park is set to be expanded, following the passing of $7.4m towards that expansion.