It has been a busy month, and it looks like it isn't slowing down anytime soon. With the shift in meeting location from the Belconnen Library to the Holy Cross Lutheran Church, the original technical issues were solved but a new one took its place making the online audio difficult to hear. Your council continues … Continue reading Chair’s Report – October 2023
Belconnen Community Council Chair’s Report April 2022
April has presented us with some interesting options based on the calling of the Federal election. Senator Seselja’s two major announcements for this district while welcome, aren’t front and centre of people’s thinking at the moment. The first announcement about removing blockers for release of more land to be made available for housing centred on … Continue reading Belconnen Community Council Chair’s Report April 2022
Belconnen Community Council Chair’s Report March 2022
2022 continues to throw challenges at us; not just here in our district, but right across the world. The horrors of a war in the Ukraine, soaring fuel costs and the humanitarian wave that will follow are sure to touch us here in the weeks ahead. As always, we will do our bit to accommodate … Continue reading Belconnen Community Council Chair’s Report March 2022
Belconnen Community Council Chair’s Report February 2022
2022 has certainly started with a bang and on the back of our Special December meeting, the inclusion of an update on the Umbagong Park Bridges really pushed this issue back into everyone’s conscience. Lots of radio and a front page on the Canberra Times has ensured we aren’t being re-prioritised down and thanks to … Continue reading Belconnen Community Council Chair’s Report February 2022
Belconnen Community Council Chair’s Report – March 2021
Another month has passed us by in 2021 but finally the work has started on the duplication of Gundaroo Drive. It has taken a number of years to get this important work underway and after almost a decade of constant lobbying through budget submissions and the like, we will see this crucial thoroughfare that links … Continue reading Belconnen Community Council Chair’s Report – March 2021
BCC Chair’s Report August 2020
Belconnen Community Council – Chair’s Report August 2020 The Ongoing challenges being faced by Victoria has had an indelible effect on life here in the ACT. Belconnen is not immune: the gateway to our territory from Victoria is via the Barton Highway and we have seen the number of police vehicles monitoring entry increase over … Continue reading BCC Chair’s Report August 2020
Chairs Report – AGM 2019
This past year has been full of challenges, expansion and renewal across our district, and for those who live work and play here it’s made the journey somewhat more interesting than we’d have envisaged.
BCC submission on the 2018 revised Kippax Draft Master Plan
The Belconnen Community Council (BCC) thanks EPSDD for the opportunity to contribute to community consultation on the revised Kippax Draft Master Plan. We attach our original submission (Attachment A) from February 2016, as we still believe it provides informed feedback on the aims of the master plan process to enhance the Kippax Group Centre to … Continue reading BCC submission on the 2018 revised Kippax Draft Master Plan
Belconnen Community Council submission for the 2017-18 ACT Budget
In December 2016 the BCC provided a comprehensive submission to the ACT Government covering short and long-‐term budget items it has identified that can best serve Belconnen residents, workers and visitors. The BCC submission has a distinct concentration on the capital infrastructure priorities the Government should consider implementing in the next four years. … Continue reading Belconnen Community Council submission for the 2017-18 ACT Budget