Well is has been a busy month for meeting and events. As you are aware they have lowered Upper Stanger Pond and Isabella Ponds, where they removed over 2000 carp some a massive size. They are also going to lower Tuggeranong Pond by 1.5 metres …
An event to meet Muslims in Canberra and an opportunity to ask questions about Islam and Muslims
As part of the H2OK: Keeping our waterways healthy education program, grants of up to $3,000 for urban homeowners and $7,500 for rural residential owners (up to 40 hectares) in the ACT and surrounding region are available.
It’s exciting times online for people with disabilities, their carers and families. Come and hear from three innovative organisations, and the people who
created them, about how you (or someone you’re supporting) can directly connect to jobs, care and support workers and activities online
The next meeting of the Tuggeranong Community Council will be held on the 6th June at the Vikings Tuggeranong Town Centre Club where we will hearing from the “Communities @ Work” team about the work they do here in Tuggeranong as well as around Canberra. We will also hear the latest about public Housing here in Tuggeranong.
Just to let you know, we have just been informed that the contraction work soon to start on the upgrade of Isabella Weir will require lowering the Tuggeranong Pond by approximately 1.5 metres, in April 2017, between Isabella Weir and Tuggeranong Weir.
Council has received the following information from Jenny Connoly (Invasive Species Officer, City Services) regarding the current European Wasp situation in the ACT. Please heed the warning and be cautious as these wasps are aggressive and the consequences from multiple wasp stings are very serious indeed.
If you are interested in finding out more about the new public housing planned for Monash please come to a public drop-in information session on Friday 7th April, Tuggeranong Community Centre (6-8pm)
The next meeting of the TCC will be held on the 2nd May at the Tuggeranong Town Centre Club where we will hear about the work of the St Vincent De Paul Society in Tuggeranong from John Feint, the Regional President of the St Vincent De Paul Society for Tuggeranong and Monaro. Students from Trinity Christian School will then talk to us about what they want for Tuggeranong
Various community groups are getting together to start work on building a shared vision of Canberra, through the eyes of the community. They want to develop “a sense of solidarity, more collaborations, and the development of a meaningful road-map to a better future”. Therefore at 6.30pm on Wednesday the 19th April at the Tuggeranong Community Centre, there will be an opportunity to participate and bring you ideas to developing “Community Pathways to a Better Future”
It has just been announced that work is about to commence on the first project to improve water quality in Lake Tuggeranong. This will begin with the draining of Isabella Pond and Upper Stranger Pond to allow for the upgrade of the weir and the constructions of new wetlands.
While Tuggeranong Community Council (TCC) recognises the value of converting waste into useful products and the introduction of new recycling technologies, in appropriate locations, the ACT government needs to ensure that such a facility is safe, non-polluting and offers significant benefits over residual risks posed to nearby residents or the many workers in the industrial precinct of Hume itself, throughout all of any agreed lease period for the site.
