Kyogle Council has extended and upgraded the road at Woodenbong Cemetery, delivering improved access and parking for the community.

Kyogle Council says it has listened to the community and revised its waste voucher system so ratepayers can either dispose of one large load of rubbish for free or a combination of smaller loads.

Kyogle is on the path to improved sewerage infrastructure and better protection for the environment, with the next stage of investigative works for a new high-tech wastewater treatment plant underway.

The Kyogle Council has included increases to general and sewerage rates in a draft $61.3 million budget on public display and available for comment.

Scenic Lions Road between Standfields Bridge and the Queensland border crossing will be closed to through traffic from Monday 17 February to mid-June while Kyogle Council replaces six culverts damaged in the February 2022 floods.

The village of Tabulam, west of Casino, is on the path to securing its first ever drinking water supply network, thanks to a $400,000 investment from Kyogle Council and the Australian government’s National Water Grid Fund.

Kyogle Council has a new general manager. Marcus Schintler, Council’s Manager Corporate Services and Acting General Manager for the past three months, has been appointed to the top job.

Danielle Mulholland has been re-elected to the top job in Kyogle local government after previously serving as mayor from 2013 to 2021. John Burley was elected deputy mayor.