Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • COVID hits capital works

    COVID-related impacts are to blame for significant delays to Colac Otway Shire Council’s capital works program, an infrastructure boss says.  

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  • Workers keen for life in Colac

    Community leaders have given a warm Colac welcome to a host of overseas workers.

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  • Mother’s licence cancelled

    A mother who was caught drink driving at more than four times the legal was on her way to get nappies, a court has heard.  

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  • Helping hands clean up Colac

    Colac families have rolled up their sleeves for Clean Up Australia Day, with a host of helpers setting out to tidy up the city’s lakeside.

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  • Residents raise theatre ire

    Residents are pushing back against a proposed theatre precinct upgrade at Cororooke, with a planning authority set to hear from both sides.

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  • Bridges have big cost impost

    Colac Otway Shire Council will remove and replace a bridge across the Barham River at Apollo Bay.

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  • Council to rejoin group

    Colac Otway Shire Council will soon return as a paid-up member of a south-west local government alliance.

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  • Council defers bridge vote

    Colac Otway Shire Council has deferred a decision to share half the cost of replacing a collapsed bridge in the Otways, holding out for further, possibly “crucial” information. 

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