Toowoomba Region LDMG remains on alert following overnight rain

The Toowoomba Region Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) remains on alert this morning (Tuesday, 30 January, 2024) following overnight rainfall and the potential for further storm activity today. ...

Toowoomba LDMG on alert as BOM issues flood watch for the region

The Toowoomba Region Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) has this morning (Monday, 29 January, 2024) moved to alert following the Bureau of Meteorology issuing an initial flood watch for the region...

TRC congratulates 2024 Australia Day award recipients

Toowoomba Regional Council congratulates residents who today (Friday, January 26) received civic Australia Day awards at ceremonies across the Region. These awards are presented to groups or citizens...

UniSQ Mechanical Engineering Honours student awarded 2024 W. H. Groom Scholarship

Max Corfield, a University of Southern Queensland Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Honours student, has been awarded the Toowoomba Region’s 2024 W. H. Groom Centenary of Toowoomba Scholarship. To...

TRC encourages residents to join informal Family Week activities

Toowoomba Regional Council is encouraging residents to join or arrange gatherings highlighting the importance of families across February 2024. Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald said he was pleas...

TRC monitoring potential rain depression, storms and heatwave

Toowoomba Regional Council is prepared to respond if, and when required, to any situation across the Region should the tropical low (Cyclone Kirrily) track closer to southern Queensland as a rain depr...

Enjoy TRC’s free Summer Tunes each Sunday in February 2024

Enjoy lazy summer Sundays with an outing to Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) free 2024 Summer Tunes program across February. Performances start from Sunday, February 4, and extend across the foll...

Flood Recovery Culvert and Floodway Program in full swing

As part of the Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) 2022 Flood Recovery Program, the community can expect to see more than 100 culverts/floodways replaced and repaired across the Region including 52 w...

Newman Road, Wyreema / Vale View to reopen in mid-February 2024

The replacement of an ageing culvert on Newman Road, Wyreema / Vale View is expected to be completed in mid-February 2024, weather permitting. TRC Infrastructure Services Committee Chair Cr Carol Tay...

Pittsworth Road Rehabilitation Project starting 29 January 2024

Construction to rehabilitate Toowoomba Road at Pittsworth between Factory Street and the Gore Highway will start on Monday, January 29, 2024. Toowoomba Regional Council Infrastructure Services Commit...

Highfields residents urged to plan journeys with multiple road works starting

Highfields residents are being advised to plan their journeys in and around the locality with multiple road construction projects starting from the end of January. TRC Infrastructure Services Committ...

Pittsworth Perspectives exhibition, children’s activities open 2024 Rosalie Gallery program 

Pittsworth Perspectives, an exhibition highlighting selected works from the Pittsworth Community Collection, and a children’s art activity from the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (Th...

Ornamental/Elemental exhibition, children’s activities open 2024 Crows Nest Gallery program

Ornamental/Elemental, an exhibition highlighting selected works from the Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery – Toowoomba City Collection, and a children’s art activity from the Queensland Art Gallery |...

TRC to investigate water security measures for the region

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has this week resolved to investigate two key water security measures for the region. At Tuesday’s Ordinary Meeting, Council resolved to investigate the possibility...

Residents invited to TRC’s 2024 Australia Day events on January 26

Toowoomba Region residents are invited to attend 2024 civic Australia Day award presentations and celebrations on Friday, January 26. (*See event listings below) Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald...

TRC’s $74 million local spend in financial year to date hits target

Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) focus on spending money with local suppliers reached new heights this month with almost $21 million spent in November 2023 alone. As part of the strategy to keep ...

Stage 1 Kuhls Road Rehabilitation project opens in Highfields

The $1.2 million first stage of Toowoomba Regional Council’s (TRC) three-stage Kuhls Road Rehabilitation project at Highfields is open to traffic (from Thursday, December 21, 2023). TRC Infrastruct...

TRC advising residents to stay safe on roads

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) is advising residents to be careful on the roads and avoid driving through flood water. TRC Infrastructure Services Committee Chair Cr Carol Taylor said heavy rain wh...

Clifton waste facility’s hours extended temporarily from December 28, 2023

Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) has this week (December 19, 2023) approved temporary extended opening hours for the Clifton Waste Management Facility. TRC Water and Waste Committee portfolio leader ...

TRC signs Qld Govt pledge denouncing inequality; domestic & family violence

In a timely gesture in the season of goodwill, Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) this week (Tuesday, December 19, 2023) signed the Queensland Government’s Not Now, Not Ever. Together. pledge denounci...