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The City of Ballarat is investing $3.4 million to improve our network’s sealed roads.  The organisation and Council acknowledge the community’s frustration in relation to the city’s damaged road network and have been working on repairing as many of our roads as possible throughout summer.  A combination of ageing roads, traffic and wet weather has damaged the city’s road network, leading to an increase in potholes.   ...

Laneway and carpark activations, entertainment in the CBD and more outdoor dining options are some of the suggestions for bringing Ballarat to life as we inch closer to 70 and 80 percent milestones on the State Government’s Roadmap to Recovery.  A City of Ballarat survey to gauge how Council can support the extension of Ballarat’s dining footprint and reinvigorate the CBD received overwhelming support from the City’s hospitality industry....

$7.3 million worth of tenders to be voted on by Ballarat City Council  

The regional City of Ballarat will leverage its ranking as one of Australia’s most liveable cities, as part of the newly launched Regional Activators Alliance (RAA). RAA is made up of 36 Councils, Regional Development Australia regions (RDAs), economic development groups and industry representatives with the purpose of creating national awareness of the benefits of regional living, to drive population growth in Regional Australia.   "W...

Increased flexibility in electronic hosting and attendance at Council and Delegated Committee meetings, as well as increased opportunity for public questions to be answered at Council meetings were two of the Governance Rule changes approved by Ballarat City Council on Wednesday. 

The City of Ballarat will repair and resurface more than 170 residential roads across the municipality this spring and summer, while 27 projects will include complete reconstruction of roads as well as major intersection upgrades.  Tenders will soon be released for the repair and resurfacing of local roads across the municipality, covering about 8.6 per cent of the City of Ballarat’s total sealed road network.  This includes ...

The replacement of dozens of trees along the Ballarat Avenue of Honour is nearing completion. 

After more than 30 years of growing Ballarat’s gardens, Peter Marquand has retired from the best office in the municipality.  The City of Ballarat’s Parks and Nursery Curator was farewelled by City of Ballarat colleagues and Mayor Cr Daniel Moloney at the Ballarat Botanical Gardens, where he was thanked for his tremendous 32-year contribution to the community’s Ballarat and Buninyong gardens.  Peter started as a gardener with the ...

Ballarat will be awash with pride this weekend when the Western Bulldogs’ AFLW side comes to town. 

Ballarat City Council has voted to support the delivery of stage two landscaping works of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens Fernery.  The landscaping works will create a new entrance to the Ballarat Botanical Gardens from Wendouree Parade, with the introduction of a fernery forecourt and internal landscaping within the fernery structure.  The landscaping will also connect the fernery and the rest of the gardens, with footpaths provid...