The Wimmera Mallee Regional Group met on 20 Feb in Horsham. This was a working group meeting with many commone technical issues of concren discussed amongst participants including:
- Orphan roads
- Availability of surface gravels for road making
- Road opening procedures
- Channel decommissioning
- ARTC/Level Crossing/Rail Safety Agreements
Those wishing to join in the discussions at the IPWEAvic Wmmera Mallee Regional Group Meetings can contact Martin Duke at Horsham Rural City Council.
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The IPWEAvic Goulburn Murray Regional Group met on Friday 24 February 2012 in Kerang. The delegates were taken on a bus tour of the flood affected regions of the district, in fact, the same tour that was given to Prince William and other high profile visitors. We viewed the temporary flood levee bank that was constructed by the local football team around the power substation at the height of the flood drama, the damage to the rail line and the area of highway (Murray Valley Highway/Loddon Valley Highway intersection) that was ripped up and used to construct a higher levee bank. And those from upstream councils were continuously on the lookout for their council signs that had been washed downstream during the flood! Back at the Gannawarra Council Offices the delegates were treated to a tasty Kerang Sandwich luncheon before presentations on
- the floods in Gannawarra by David Thompson and Geoff Rollinson,
- A-Double access trail in Mildura and Swan Hill municipalities in conjunction with VicRoads from Gary Healey from Mildura
- Rural Roads Review in Campaspe Shire by Jon Aujard
- IPWEAvic update given by Anne Gibbs
Those wishing ot join the IPWEAvic Goulburn Murray Regional Group and join in the disussions and technical tours of interest in the region should contact Jon Aujard at Campaspe Shire.
Here are some pictures of some delegates on the bus tour and the temporary levee bank at the power station.
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February 4, 2012
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News
IPWEAvic Member Jane Waldock has been featured in The Age newspeper today Sat 4th Feb 2012. Take a look at the article here
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Join a regional group event near you in Feb or Mar
- Goulburn Murray Regional Group plan to meet on 24the February hosted by Shire of Gannawarra. Contact Jon Aujard at Campaspe Shire
- Gippsland Regional Group plan to meet on 17th February in conjunction with Civil Works Expo at Lardner Park, Warragul. Contact Kurt Pitts at Baw Baw Shire
- Geelong Regional Group plan to meet during the last week of February. Contact Vicki Shelton at Greater City of Geelong
- Wimmera Mallee Regional Group plan to meet Contact Martin Duke at Horsham Rural City Council
- North-East Regional Group plan to meet Wednesday 14th March in Wangaratta Contact Peter Harriott at Shepparton City Council
- Central Highlands Regional Group meetings contact Leigh Ditchfield, LHDitchfield Consulting
- Warrnambool Regional Group meetings contact Peter Robinson at Warrnambool City Council
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We have some free passes to Civil Works Expo (worth $10) to give away. If you would like a free pass please contact the IPWEAvic Office on 9005 0860 or email vic@ipwea.org.au. The free passes are availalbe to the first 30 people to respond.
The Civil Works Expo will be held at Lardner Park in Warragul from 16th to 18th February 2011. More infromation relating to the event can be found at http://www.lardnerpark.com.au/Civilworks.html
IPWEAvic will have stand B16 at the expo and if you are attending be sure to visit our stand and say hi.
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