Safety improved at Margaret and Mackenzie Streets intersection

Safety for all road users has been improved with the opening of a major upgrade of the Margaret and Mackenzie Streets intersection in East Toowoomba. Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) Infrastructure S...

Paju students resume study tour to Toowoomba Region, inject $110,000 in economy

A high school touring party from Paju in the Republic of Korea last month resumed its schedule of Sister City exchanges and injected an estimated $110,000 in the economy during their visit to the Toow...

Terrain exhibition highlights UniSQ ceramic artists’ technical skills, concepts at Rosalie Gallery

The varied technical skills and concepts behind the works of 10 practising ceramic artists, who are associated with the University of Southern Queensland, will be highlighted in a new exhibition, Terr...

First landslip remediation completed under the 2022 Flood Recovery Program

A landslip on Alderley Street, Rangeville is the first of 12 landslip remediation projects to be completed across the Toowoomba Region as a result of damage incurred in the 2022 flood events. Toowoo...

TRC announces Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project as state, federal Budget funding priority

Toowoomba Region Mayor Geoff McDonald and Deputy Mayor Cr Rebecca Vonhoff today (Tuesday, April 9, 2024) stepped up the call for external funding for the $270 million Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement...

TRC re-appoints Rebecca Vonhoff as Deputy Mayor

Rebecca Vonhoff has been re-appointed as the Deputy Mayor for Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC). At the Post Election Meeting of TRC today, Councillors voted unanimously to re-elect Cr Vonhoff as...

TRC community grant funding applications open until March 1, 2024

Applications are open for Toowoomba Regional Council’s next round of community grants. Community and not-for-profit groups are welcome to apply for funding to assist their project or event. Applica...

Renewal works for Factory Dam Park 

Renewal works are currently planned for Factory Dam Park in Smith Street, Millmerran which will improve existing amenities at the popular picnic spot. Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) General Manager...

Clare Cowley’s Crows Nest Gallery exhibition unravels myths of identity, landscape observations

Clare Cowley’s new exhibition, Sleeping Stories, will be displayed at Crows Nest Gallery from February 7 to March 3, 2024. The exhibition explores myths that have been enhanced by childhood memorie...

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...