Chris Hawkes Manager Director of local trucking firm Blackneys put the Westconnect campaign on the agenda at the annual meeting of NatRoad a division of the Australian Trucking Association.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Cr Ed Coppe was joined by key community spokespeople at a special briefing today to explain the Westconnect campaign to regional business and community organisations.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor, Cr Ed Coppe, has officially launched Council’s Culture Strategy, describing it as a landmark moment in the city’s history and ‘ a key element of our drive to make the Geelong region the best place to live in Australia’.

The official launch of the City of Greater Geelong’s Cultural Strategy, Creativity and the second edition of Council’s Arts Directory, is being hailed as a new era in Council’s support for arts and culture.

The National Wool Museum in Geelong is currently showing an incisive survey exhibition by one of Australia’s leading contemporary photographers, William Yang.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Ed Coppe said implementation of the first stages of the Western Wedge Framework could now begin, following Council’s endorsement of the framework at tonight’s meeting.

The City of Greater Geelong has produced a series of maps to show those areas in the Moolap Industrial Area that are expected to flood at least once in every 100 years on average.

On Tuesday night Council accepted a tender from Australian Project Solutions to rebuild part of the rock retaining wall along the Barwon River adjacent to Peers Crescent Ocean Grove.

City of Greater Geelong Deputy Mayor Linda Ristevski said a Draft Memorandum of Understanding would be sent to an East Timor Government official in East Timor in a move aimed at formalising the friendship relationship between Viqueque and Geelong.

City of Greater Geelong General Manager Special Projects Stephen Wright praised Geelong motorists for their considerate behaviour since the introduction of temporary changed traffic conditions adjacent to the Skilled Stadium construction site.

Despite claims to the contrary from some Canberra politicians it is apparent that Westconnect, the Geelong Ring Road meets Federal Roads of National Importance criteria, said City of Greater Geelong Mayor Cr Ed Coppe.

Following the recommendation in the Barwon Heads Traffic and Parking Study Council has decided not to proceed with the closure of Seaview Avenue in Barwon Heads as was trialed during the 2000/01 summer period.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Ed Coppe said Council was providing the Geelong Business Network with $20,000 plus GST core funding to encourage small to medium enterprise business growth and new employment in the region.

City of Greater Geelong General Manager of Sustainable Development Stuart Walker said the City has extended the deadline for pet registration payment until Tuesday 13 April 2004.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Cr Ed Coppe this week received an email from Martin Ferguson the Shadow Federal Transport Minister in response to the Mayor’s email sent from the Westconnect website last Friday.

In the lead up to Easter Geelong Mayor Cr Ed Coppe urged all road users within the City of Greater Geelong to take care and continue a trend which has seen a decrease in injury accidents this year, and more significantly, no fatalities since the end of November 2003.

The Easter Bunny was lent a helping hand on Friday 2 April when Mayor Ed Coppe Chilwell Primary School students visited Newtown Meals on Wheels Centre.

This afternoon City of Greater Geelong Mayor Cr Ed Coppe received a reply to his email requesting that Canberra fund Westconnect - the Geelong Ring Road.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Cr Ed Coppe launched the Westconnect Geelong Ring Road campaign today in conjunction with the Mayors of Colac Otway, Golden Plains, Queenscliffe and Surf Coast.

City of Greater Geelong Mayor Ed Coppe said the completion of the Goldsworthy Reserve upgrade in North Geelong had put athletics in the Geelong region “back on track”.