facility · 2 meetings
Canobolas School
Mentions
- School-timed no parking zone and kiss-and-drop signs approved.
- Proposed school-timed no parking zone with kiss-and-drop signage.
- Changes parking, road safety and event arrangements across several local streets and near a school.
- May improve access to popular recreation areas and reduce water-quality related closures.
- Will affect how motorists, parents and nearby residents use the roads in the affected areas.
- May affect parking, school access, traffic safety and event traffic management.
Decisions
Local transport forum recommendations adopted
Council acknowledged the Local Transport Forum report and adopted multiple transport changes, including a no standing zone extension on Buckland Drive, new no stopping signs at Summer Street East/Park Street and Park Street/Icely Road, a stop sign and line at Hamer Street, traffic counters on Cox Avenue, a school-timed no parking zone at Canobolas School, and approval for the Tour of Orange cycling event on 16-17 May 2026.
Changes parking, road safety and event arrangements across several local streets and near a school.
Blue-green algae risk reduction report
Council requested a report on options and costs to reduce lake closures caused by blue-green algae at Lake Canobolas and Gosling Creek Reserve.
May improve access to popular recreation areas and reduce water-quality related closures.
Topics
Traffic and parking changes across Orange
The forum endorsed a range of parking and intersection controls, including no standing and no stopping restrictions, a stop sign change, and school drop-off restrictions.
Will affect how motorists, parents and nearby residents use the roads in the affected areas.
Local Transport Forum recommendations
The forum minutes included road and parking changes at Buckland Drive, Summer Street East/Park Street, Park Street/Icely Road, Hamer Street, Cox Avenue and Canobolas School, plus approvals for the Rainbow Festival Street Walk and Tour of Orange cycling event; Council deferred most of these items.
May affect parking, school access, traffic safety and event traffic management.
Meetings