Roads & transport · Orange City Council
Three Orange city-centre road sections approved for 24-hour Zest Fest closure
Byng Street, McNamara Street and southbound Lords Place are approved for closure from 6am on 14 November to 6am on 15 November, subject to Conditions of Consent.
Reporting from public council minutes. How this article was prepared
Motorists, residents and businesses around three Orange city-centre road sections face a planned 24-hour closure for Zest Fest on 14 November 2026.
The Orange City Council Infrastructure Policy Committee approved the closure of Byng Street between Lords Place and Peisley Street, McNamara Street between Byng Street and Summer Street, and the southbound section of Lords Place between Byng Street and Summer Street.
The closure is scheduled to begin at 6am on Saturday 14 November and finish at 6am on Sunday 15 November. The approval is subject to the event’s attached Conditions of Consent.
The committee adopted the relevant recommendation from the Local Transport Forum’s 8 September meeting as part of a resolution that passed with no votes against. The minutes do not set out diversion routes, parking restrictions, traffic-control arrangements or access provisions for deliveries, residents, public transport or emergency vehicles.
The same resolution recorded conditional approval for the Santa Parade on 28 November 2026 and endorsed conditional approval for the Orange Running Festival on 7 March 2027. Those event approvals are separate from the Zest Fest closure.
What deserves a closer look
The minutes establish the affected road sections, timing and condition attached to the approval, but do not provide diversion, parking, traffic-control or access arrangements.
Because the Conditions of Consent are referenced but not reproduced in the supplied minutes, the full practical effect of the closure cannot be established from this record.
Questions for follow-up reporting
What diversion routes and traffic-control arrangements will apply during the closure?
Will the Conditions of Consent include access arrangements for deliveries, residents, public transport and emergency vehicles?
Will separate parking restrictions apply before or during the closure?
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
The committee approved the specified road closures and closure period for Zest Fest, subject to Conditions of Consent.
3.7 - Event - Zest Fest - 14 November 2026 - That Council approve the closure of Byng Street (Lords Place to Peisley Street), McNamara Street (Byng Street to Summer Street) and Lords Place (Byng Street to Summer Street – south bound) between 6.00am on 14 November 2026 and 6.00am Sunday 15 November 2026 for Zest Fest subject to the attached Conditions of Consent.
3.7 - Event - Zest Fest - 14 November 2026
Open original minutes ↗The Zest Fest recommendation was part of the Local Transport Forum recommendations determined by the committee.
2 That Council determine recommendations 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 from the minutes of the Local Transport Forum meeting of 8 September 2026: 3.1 - Glenroi Heights Public School Taxi Zone - Maxwell Avenue - That Council place school zone times (8am to 9.30am and 2.30pm to 4.00pm) on the existing taxi zone in front of the Glenroi Heights Public School.
Resolution 26/543, recommendation 3.1 and following recommendations
Open original minutes ↗The resolution adopting the Local Transport Forum recommendations passed with no votes against.
3 That the remainder of the minutes of the Local Transport Forum from its meeting held on 8 September 2026 be adopted. For: Cr J Whitton (Chairperson), Cr T Mileto (Mayor), Cr J Stedman (Deputy Mayor), Cr K Duffy, Cr T Greenhalgh, Cr G Judge, Cr F Kinghorne, Cr D Mallard, Cr M McDonell, Cr G Power, Cr M Ruddy Against: Nil Absent: Cr S Peterson Cr McDonell noted that the Local Traffic Forum resolved to not install stop signs at the intersection of Connemara Drive and Gorman Road when it was recommended in the report, and asked if Council would be liable if an accident occurred at the intersection that could have been prevented by a stop sign being
Resolution 26/543 vote record
Open original minutes ↗The committee also recorded conditional approval for the Santa Parade and endorsed conditional approval for the Orange Running Festival.
3.5 - Street Event - Santa Parade - 28 November 2026 - That Council approve the Conditional Approval for the Santa Parade event to be held on Saturday 28 November 2026. 3.6 - Event - Orange Running Festival - 7 March 2027 - That the Conditional Approval for the 2027 Orange Running Festival to be held Sunday 7 March 2027 be endorsed subject to compliance with the attached conditions.
Recommendations 3.5 and 3.6
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Reporting from the public minutes of Orange City Council’s Infrastructure Policy Committee meeting held on 6 October 2026. The minutes record the meeting commencing at 8:07pm.
Key facts from the minutes
- Byng Street will close between Lords Place and Peisley Street for Zest Fest.
- McNamara Street will close between Byng Street and Summer Street.
- The southbound section of Lords Place between Byng Street and Summer Street will close.
- The closure is scheduled from 6am on 14 November 2026 to 6am on 15 November 2026.
- The approval is subject to the event’s Conditions of Consent and was adopted with no votes against.
Why it matters
- People travelling through the affected Orange city-centre blocks, along with nearby businesses and residents, will need to account for a planned 24-hour closure. The minutes do not provide diversion or access details, and the approval remains subject to Conditions of Consent.