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The Hills Shire Council Receives $2.49 Million in Black Spot Funding

The Hills Shire Council Receives $2.49 Million in Black Spot program

The Hills Shire Council has received $2.49 million for road safety projects under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program for 2023/2024.  The Black Spot Program targets roads where crashes have occurred or are at risk of occurring. The following Hills Shire roads received funding under the program: $1.9 million for Annangrove Road between Edwards Road […]

For Animals Kept in Paddocks Without Shade; Summer isn’t Just Hot, It’s Hell

heat stress at 25°C

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Hills Council News Update

HILLS COUNCIL NEWS UPDATE, Happening Up North Clr Mitchell Blue, NSW Government, Hills Shire Plan, Lower Portland Ferry traffic management, Local News Update, Hawkesbury River

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From The Desk Of Matt Kean

From the desk of Matt Kean: Bushfire Season, New Line Road Local News

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Run For The Hills Event and Fire Ready Information

Run For The Hills Event and Fire Ready Information

MARK HODGES MP MEMBER FOR CASTLE HILL RUN FOR THE HILLS The greatest community fun run, ‘Run for the Hills’ was held over the second weekend of September in association with the Orange Blossom Festival. Formally known as the Cross-Country Challenge, the fun run was held at a scenic location, the historic Bella Vista Farm. […]

Thank You to our RFS Volunteers and Preparing for the Upcoming Bushfire Season

More Needs to be Done to Help Thousands of Berowra Mortgage Holders Navigate Rising Interest Rates, 2023-24 Volunteer Grants are Now Open, RFS Volunteers, households,Australia Day, our community, Anzac Day, 3G network, Tech Detox, Warrah Disability Services

As we approach the official start of the fire season, I want to acknowledge our remarkable RFS volunteers. Across Berowra there are over 1,500 local volunteers across 27 brigades who do a remarkable job. They’re an extraordinary group of men and women. They volunteer all year round. In autumn and winter they undertake drills and hazard […]

Rural Roundup: Clr Warren Waddell

Rural Roundup: Clr Warren Waddell

Rural Roundup: It is very disappointing that the State Government has elected to defer the upgrade works to New Line Rd identified in the previous budget. This decision puts in doubt any timeline that may have provided any form of commuter relief. Residents and businesses in the rural area that have little choice but to […]

NSW Schools Constitutional Convention 2023

NSW Schools Constitutional Convention 2023

There is an exciting new opportunity for high school students in the Castle Hill Electorate! The Parliament of NSW Education team is inviting Year 11 students (Year 12 in Term 4) to apply to participate in the NSW Constitutional Convention 2023. When: Monday 6 November 2023 Where: Parliament of NSW, 6 Macquarie St. Sydney This […]

Prepare For The Bushfire Danger Period

From The Desk Of Matt Kean, Bushfire

The Greater Sydney Bushfire Danger period commences on 1st October. To prepare for this bushfire season I strongly encourage all residents, landowners and businesses to prioritise their bushfire preparedness. We have been very lucky in the past 20 years to have had no major bushfires in Hornsby area, and after several very wet summers, I […]

Happening Up North Clr Mitchell Blue

HILLS COUNCIL NEWS UPDATE, Happening Up North Clr Mitchell Blue, NSW Government, Hills Shire Plan, Lower Portland Ferry traffic management, Local News Update, Hawkesbury River

Now is the time to start preparing for the upcoming fire season. Three years of La Nina rainfall has caused significant growth in vegetation. A drier than usual winter points to a potentially dangerous bush fire season. Mitchell Blue You need to be bush fire ready. That means knowing your risk and having a plan […]