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  • Comment on coast policy

    Coast residents have until next Friday to comment on the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority’s draft community engagement commitment and framework.

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  • BMX VISION: Ex-mayor wants Eastern Reserve bike track

    A former Colac mayor has added his voice to community calls for a bike track in the city, and he has a site in mind.

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  • Bat dispersal works to begin tomorrow

    Flying foxes living in Colac Botanic Gardens can expect interrupted sleep from this week, as Colac Otway Shire Council resumes a program to “nudge” the bats from heritage trees.

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  • Motorist freed after Princes Highway collision

    A woman was trapped in her damaged car for up to an hour after a three-car crash on the Princes Highway west of Colac.

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  • Councils to split bill on bridge

    Colac Otway Shire Council will pay almost $400,000 to share the cost of rebuilding a collapsed bridge in the Otways.

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  • Roads and wetlands in budget

    More than $5 million for Colac Otway roads and bridges, $3 million for Elliminyt wetlands redevelopment and record-low debt star in the council’s proposed new budget.

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  • Council sets sights on government money

    A $4-million Elliminyt pavilion overhaul, a million-dollar upgrade of Colac’s Forest Street, Apollo Bay childcare and reinforcing COPACC’s floor are all big ticket items on Colac Otway’s funding wish list. 

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  • Council thanks outgoing manager

    Colac Otway Shire councillors have applauded the council’s outgoing infrastructure boss.

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