News

  • Crash highlights case for safety upgrades

    Coastal residents have ramped up their campaign for a Great Ocean Road pedestrian crossing after a truck crashed through the Skenes Creek bridge, escalating safety fears.

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  • Cleanup orders for property

    A landowner is facing an order to remove a possible asbestos dump at Elliminyt.

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  • Renewed calls to fix notorious crossroad

    A Colac district man had a lucky escape when his car and a truck crashed at the notorious Nalangil Road-Princes Highway intersection west of Colac.

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  • Talks over crumbling road

    Motorists and residents of Colac’s Aireys Street had to deal with weeks of delays when contractors started work to reseal the street earlier this year.

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  • Base station funding to improve coverage

    Coastal Otways residents and Great Ocean Road travellers will eventually have improved mobile phone coverage, with funding for four new base stations announced yesterday.

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  • Restrictions to start as fire risk increases

    Fire restrictions will start in the Colac district on December 12, with authorities warning of a high risk of grassfires this summer and risk of bushfires mid-season.

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  • Colac vehicle theft

    Police are investigating a brazen daylight theft of a vehicle from a Colac car yard in Murray Street yesterday.

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  • Focus on traffic around scooters

    Colac’s Michael Bennett wants drivers to be less courteous and more focused on traffic and road safety.

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