City Infrastructure
City Infrastructure Group
The City Infrastructure Group manages and maintains Council’s civil assets including roads, footpaths, drainage, water, sewer, reserves, cemeteries, parks and gardens.
Other work conducted by this Group includes implementing road safety programs, installing and maintaining road signage, assessing engineering aspects of developments applications, assessing event applications and assessing proposed works on Council’s road reserves.
Queanbeyan City Council manages assets with a total value of more than $560 million. Queanbeyan, like all councils in NSW is dealing with a cumulative situation where they have been trying to operate in a limited funding environment which has been set by other 30 years of rate pegging. In 2006 a report on the financial sustainability of councils in NSW noted that there is currently a $6 billion backlog in infrastructure renewals and this was expected to grow to $21 billion within 21 years.
Queanbeyan City Council has developed a program called
CityCARE which aims to address its asset maintenance and renewal programs.
Engineering Services
Council’s Engineering Services section provides a range of engineering advice and is responsible for:
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Project management of a range of Council’s capital works,
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Asset management of Council’s current infrastructure and assets,
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Assessing engineering aspects of development applications,
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Road safety and implementing road safety programs,
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Road-based events and assessing their traffic implications to the community,
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Handling requests for changes to road signage and line marking,
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Handling requests to work within Council’s road reserves, and
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Handling requests for new streetlights.
Engineering Operations
Council's Engineering Operations section is responsible for the following services:
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Maintenance of 197.64km of sealed urban roads 49.06km sealed rural roads & 18.4km of unsealed road network,
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Management and maintenance 21.2km of sealed regional roads,
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Management and maintenance of 13.5km of State roads,
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Maintenance of Council's 147km paved footpath network,
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Maintenance of street infrastructure,
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Provide and maintain street signs and line marking,
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Maintenance of Council's 193km stormwater network,
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Management and maintenance of Council’s property assets,
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Provide Council with a street sweeping service,
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Maintenance of Council's kerb and gutter network,
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Maintenance of Council-owned bridges and
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Maintenance of Council-owned car parks.
Water and Sewer
Queanbeyan City Council’s Water and Sewer Section is part of Council's wider City Infrastructure Group. As the Local Water Utility, we strive to meet our responsibilities through a strategic framework including demand management, best practise principles and long-term capital and maintenance plans.
Water and Sewerage manages the distribution of water throughout the township of Queanbeyan. We also collect, treat and dispose of wastewater safely back into the environment. There are approximately 550km of water and sewer mains, 19 pump stations, eight reservoir sites and one sewerage treatment plant.
We have a very professional and dedicated team which works hard to keep water and sewer services operating day and night, rain or shine, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Queanbeyan City Council also operates a Waterwise demand management program designed to conserve water within the household and community in general.
Parks and Recreation
Queanbeyan City Council provides a broad range of recreational opportunities and community based services, to residents and visitors, through its network of parks and facilities. Parks and Recreation is strongly committed to promoting leisure and recreation facilities and services, with an equity of access to the whole community.
Parks and Recreation is responsible for the development, provision and maintenance of Queanbeyan’s parks, gardens, bushland reserves, showground, street trees, playgrounds, sports grounds, aquatic centre, cemeteries and much more. Queanbeyan City Council works close with the community to establish strong community ownership of recreational facilities, through volunteer groups and working parties like Friends of the Showground, the Sports Council and working closely with local schools.