Hi everyone

I hope you can join me for the official dedication of the new sandstone, all conflicts memorial wall at Yeronga Memorial Park on Saturday 31 July from 10am. I am so proud to have funded this project and worked with the Stephens RSL to deliver this tribute to Australia's service men and women in recognition of the War Memorial's 100th anniversary this year.

The biennial Peaks to Points Festival is on over the next few weeks with a range of wonderful events highlighting our local environment. Check out the family fun day this Sunday, 18 July from 10am to 3pm at the Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea. If you can't make it on Sunday sign up for a up a bushwalk, sewerage plant tour, attend a tree planting day or help build nesting boxes there's something for everyone. Click here for all the events.

Regards, Nicole.

P.s. new footpath decals have been installed at Active Travel Schools in Sherwood, Yeronga and Graceville to kepe students safe on their way to school!

Sherwood Arboretum
The nest boxes installed at the Sherwood Arboretum earlier in the year have been put to good use by the local squirrel glider population, with three families of gliders living in the boxes along with several species of birds. This is great news, as gliders require special conditions to live safely in urban environments. Additional nest boxes will be installed in the coming months to further support the local wildlife.

Creek and Waterway Enhancement Projects, Corinda
A waterway enhancement project was recently completed along Pennywort Creek in George Scarlett Park, Corinda. Works along the southern creek bank included planting of ground covers and infill planting to improve biodiveristy and manage erosion. Works on the northern creek bank included mulching, coir netting and planting to manage weed infestations and stabilise the bank. Weed management in this area is ongoing.

Weed management works continue along Oxley Creek in Nosworthy Park, Corinda. Works to date have included management of woody weeds and invasive vines and infill planting with shrubs and ground covers. 

Cactoblastis Corner, Sherwood
Following community consultation, the park land on the site of the former Alan Fletcher Research Station at the end of Ferry St, Sherwood has been named Cactoblastis Corner. Please join me and former DPI staff for the official naming of the park on Saturday 31 July from 8am.

Hyde Rd Dog Park
Lighting upgrades and work on the new small dog dog park at the Hyde Rd puppy park, Yeronga are now complete. Both the small and large dog parks are now open for residents to enjoy.

Council are currently seeking community feedback to "Identify opportunities to improve ferry services to meet the need of Brisbane's residents, visitors and commuters."

This provides another opportunity for Tennyson Ward residents to speak up for new CityCat Services further up the river. It's an issue raised with me regularly and would be great for recreation, commuters, students and facilities like the Tennis Centre in Tennyson Ward.

I encourage residents to make a submission via email, submit their feedback via the online form (be creative and ask for new services or extensions up the river), or attend one of the drop in sessions to give their feedback in person. In the second box of the survey, you can write where you want the ferry extended to as part of the question "What would encourage you to use the ferry more often?" There are several other sections where you can write comments supporting a CityCat service extension upriver through the survey.

Brisbane City Council Presents Bands in Parks: Live Music at QLD Tennis Centre

Following the success of the recent Bands in the Park event, Game, Set Swing, Brisbane City Council is continuing its creative partnership with the Tennis Centre through July and August Upcoming concerts include:

• Saturday 17 July, 6-8pm, Tennis Centre, Jazz at Twilight JMI Big Band sweeps into the Tennis Centre with a program of big band jazz and the very best of Brisbane's talented youth jazz players.
• Saturday 21 August, 6-8pm, Tennis Centre,  Swing Out Brass Roots Live returns to the Tennis Centre with all your favourites from the 1960's through to the 1980's.

Register via Eventbrite to meet COVID safe requirements. Entry is free with some seating provided and grassed areas available. Baseline Bar and Café is open for purchasing wine and food.

All Confilcts Memorial Wall Unveiling Yeronga Memorial Park

Stephens Sub Branch has erected a new Memorial Wall adjacent to the WW1 Cenotaph in Yeronga Memorial Park, Ipswich Road Yeronga in memory of all men and women who served their country and in honour of those who gave their lives in all wars and conflicts.

I am proud to have funded this centenary project from the Tennyson Ward Suburban Enhancement Fund with a grant of $20,000 towards construction.

There will be a special memorial service for the unveiling and dedication of our new "All Conflicts" memorial wall at 10:00am on Saturday 31 July 2021.

The dedication of this "All Conflicts" memorial wall in July 2021 marks the 100th anniversary since the WW1 Cenotaph was erected in July 1921.

All members of the public are invited to attend.

Yeronga SHS Enrolment Interview Sessions information

Please click on the link below to fill out a registration form if you'd like to attend one of our Enrolment Interview Sessions.

https://yerongashs.schoolzineplus.com/form/15

Please bring the following along with your child:
- completed enrolment application
- past report cards
- proof of citizenship (passport, travel documents, birth certificate)

For all queries, please contact our office at 3249 1400 or email us at enrolments@yerongashs.eq.edu.au

Council have notified me that they will be using part of the Dutton Park Recreation Reserve near the Eleanor Schonell Bridge and TJ Memorial Drive to house the charging infrastructure for the battery-electric Brisbane Metro vehicles.

The proposed design includes three charging containers (each 12m long x3m wide x3m high) located on the northern side of the Bridge (indicated in red on the map below). Works are planned to commence from mid-2022. It will look like a large bunker in the Park.

Council have released the final plans for the $120m Indooroopilly Roundabout Upgrade project with preliminary works due to commence in the coming weeks (see below). The upgrade will include the construction of a t-intersection overpass from Coonan St over Moggill Rd, and Council will maintain the existing left-turn movement from Stamford Rd and allow westbound traffic a left-turn into Stamford Rd from Moggill Rd.

Early works will involve temporary lane closures on Moggilll Rd and Coonan St as required. Main construction works will commence in late 2021, and will take place at night. The project is due for completion in 2024.

I'm still not sure this is the best design as the t-intersection overpass will stop traffic using the Coonan Rd corridor in two locations when completed rather than the current one at the round-a-bout. 

Council have released a new draft industrial strategy for community consultation as part of the process of reviewing the current Brisbane Industrial Strategy which was implemented in 2019. 

Read the draft strategy online and submit your feedback by completing an online survey and/or making a submission to the project team via email strategicplanningindustrial@brisbane.qld.gov.au or post to City Planning and Economic Development (Industrial Strategy Review), Brisbane City Council, GPO Box 1434, Brisbane Qld 4001. Consultation closes 16 August 2021.

Commencing Monday, 16 August 2021, Council will be conducting a Kerbside Large Item Collection Service for Tennyson Ward residents in Chelmer, Corinda, Graceville, Oxley, and Sherwood. 

Items can be left on the kerbside one day prior to the collection commencement date.
Please ensure the following guidelines are observed when placing items on the kerbside for collection:

• the piles are tidy so the footpath and/or roadway is kept clear;
• piles are no larger than two cubic metres (equal to a small box trailer load);
• doors must be removed from refrigerators and cupboards;
• no sharp or dangerous objects;
• secure items if severe weather is expected;
• items must be able to be easily and safely lifted by two people.

Council will not collect unacceptable items placed on the kerb and illegal dumping fines may apply if unacceptable material is not removed. Unacceptable items include the following:

• vegetation, dirt, stone, bricks, potted plants;
• construction waste;
• asbestos;
• car parts and tyres;
• general household waste;
• liquids and hazardous waste (paint, chemicals);
• gas bottles;
• glass and mirrors.

Kerbside collection for residents in Annerley, Fairfield, Tennyson, Yeronga and Yeerongpilly will take place in the week commencing Monday 18 April, 2022.

Do you know a person or organisation who has contributed toward a clean and green Brisbane in the past year? Nominations are now open for the 2021 WasteSMART Brisbane Awards and can be made online via the WasteSMART website. Nominations close 3 September 2021.

Honour Ave, Graceville is posted as 60km/h. The sign collected data for a 17 week period from 30 December 2020 to 30 April 2021. During this time 812,252 vehicles (av. 6,768 per day) passed through the portable speed sign zone.

45,045 or 5.5% of all drivers were recorded travelling above the posted speed limit. Of the vehicles speeding, 85% were travelling at or below 72km/h. When prompted, speeding drivers reduced their speeds by an average of 7km to 65km/h within the speed camera range.

Brisbane Cso, Fairfield is posted as 50km/h. The sign collected data for a 16 week period from 8 January to 30 April 2021. During this time 423,329 vehicles (av. 3,779 per day) passed through the portable speed sign zone.

162,665 or 38.4% of all drivers were recorded travelling above the posted speed limit. Of the vehicles speeding, 85% were travelling at or below 60km/h. When prompted, speeding drivers reduced their speeds by an average of 4km to 56km/h within the speed camera range.

Please slow down around busy school and pedestrian hot spots!

Council is offering free immunisation clinics throughout 2021. Clinics are held at the Corinda Bowls Club, 58 Hall Avenue, Corinda from 9-11am every second Friday (excluding public holidays). The next clinic is scheduled for 30 July.

For more information, including immunisation fact sheets, visit the Council website here.

Tree Trimming Works
I have been advised of the following tree trimming works taking place over the coming months:

• 65 trees along the whole of Appel St, Graceville will be trimmmed by 30 August 2021, as they were impeding footpath and vehicle clearance.
• 34 trees along the whole of Cansdale St, Yeronga will be trimmed by 30 August 2021, as they were impeding footpath and vehicle clearance.

Bunya Pine Defruiting Programme
Council will commence the Bunya Pine defruiting programme in November, with completion anticipated by the end of the year. Bunya Pines at the following locations in Tennyson Ward will be defruited:

• Wharf St, Chelmer;
• Clewley St, Eddystone St, Francis Lookout and Gray Ave, Corinda;
• Fehlberg Park and William Pde, Fairfield;
• Strickland Tce Park, Graceville Memorial Park, Simpsons Playground Reserve and Faulkner Park, Graceville;
• Sherwood Arboretum and Kitchner St, Sherwood; and
• Ken Fletcher Park, Tennyson.

Road Resurfacing
Council are resurfacing the following streets over the coming weeks:

• Strong Ave, Graceville, works due for completion by 19 July, weather permitting.

Cross River Rail
Out of hours work will also take place at Fairfield Station intermittently between 10pm and 4:30am each day until approximately the end of August.

A temporary scaffold pedestrian overpass has been installed at Yeronga Station and the existing overpass is closed to pedestrians. Directional signage is in place to assist you in navigating the area.

Yeronga Station is closed until late November 2021 to facilitate station upgrade works. A new bus route (109 StationLink) is replacing the train during this time. Five temporary bus stops have been installed between Moorooka and Boggo Rd Stations, including one at Fairfield Rd, Yeerongpilly; one on Wilkie St, Yeerongpilly; and two on Fairfield Rd, Yeronga.

Seqwater Water Supply Network Maintenance
Seqwater are undertaking the second stage of a major upgrade to the water supply pipe network. Works originally scheduled for early July have been delayed due to the COVID lockdown, and will now take place from Saturday 17 July until Monday 19 July. During this time, you may experience low or fluctuating water pressure and temporary discolouration of the water, however, no loss of water should occur. Water will remain safe to drink. If you experience total loss of water, please phone 13 23 64.