FROM FACEBOOK: Why Not Adopt Traffic Lights in Byron Bay?

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VOICE of BYRON regular, Ian Blair Hamilton, shares some urgently needed thoughts regarding the adoption of traffic lights in Byron Bay, instead of roundabouts. 

Ian, a long-term resident of some 45 years, was a valued Letters to the Editor contributor in The Byron News and was part of the Byron Bay Chamber of Commerce Tourist Promotions committee which played a major part in making Byron Bay the place it is today. But that’s another story.

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Politics Causes Greens Split Over Byron Bay Bus Interchange at the Dump

Byron Bay market at Butler Street Reserve. Photo: EchoNet Daily.

IN A SAD display of lack of local knowledge, two Greens political factions have come to blows over moving the Byron bus stop to the Butler Street Reserve

Greens Ballina MP Tamara Smith claims there has been a ‘lack of public consultation’ regarding state government plans to place a bus interchange at the site of the Byron markets.

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Bluesfest Announces New Chief Operating Officer

Steve Romer, new COO of Bluesfest

AS BLUESFEST continues to gear up for its highly-anticipated 2018 edition, the Byron Bay festival has today announced the addition of new Chief Operating Officer, Steve Romer.

With 30 years experience in the live music, sport and entertainment industry, Romer is a past Chair and CEO of Venue Management Association (Asia Pacific). (more…)

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Byron Shire GM Seeks Forgiveness Instead of Permission

IN AN OBVIOUS display of the old saying “Better to seek forgiveness rather than permission” Byron Shire Council General Manager Ken Gainger has apologized for chopping down trees in Byron Bay’s Railway Park.

Council staff recently removed two trees and a Bangalow Palm from Railway Park in Byron Bay in preparation for imminent Park redevelopment works, a Byron Bay Town Centre Master Plan project funded under a State Government grant and pay parking revenue.

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Byron Bay Railway Park $500,000 Garden and Turf Works “Ready for Weekend”

Photo: Robert Sampimon

Byron Shire Council’s Open Spaces Team will finish scheduled gardening and turfing works and remove the safety fencing in Railway Park by close of business today, Friday 27, weather permitting – returning full access of the park to the community for the weekend.

The preparatory works involve the removal of the concrete-edged garden beds and two trees to open up pedestrian access to the park from Jonson Street, as part of the Railway Park upgrade. 

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