Townsville officially has a new Deputy Mayor, with councillors today voting in division six Councillor Suzy Batkovic to represent the city as second-in-charge.

Stanley Street has today re-opened, with Townsville City Council wrapping up essential stabilisation works as part of a project dedicated to ensuring the safety of inner-city road users for years to come.

Sustainable Christmas gifts are on the cards this year with Townsville City Council partnering with Outlook Australia to open Refindit at the Hervey Range Resource and Recovery Centre from today.

Construction will begin on a new 38 metre two-span Sooning Street Bridge on Magnetic Island in the coming weeks through a joint reconstruction effort with the Townsville City Council, Crisafulli State Government, and Albanese Commonwealth

Thousands of potholes have been filled, hundreds of trees have been pruned and more than 100km of roads and footpaths have been line marked by Townsville City Council’s crews this year.

Six Townsville groups will be able to bring meaningful events and programs to the city with the help of community grants passed at today’s Council meeting.

Six Townsville groups will be able to bring meaningful events and programs to the city with the help of community grants passed at today’s Council meeting.

Following today’s ordinary Council meeting, Division Three Councillor Ann-Maree Greaney officially stood down from her role as Deputy Mayor of Townsville, effective immediately.

A pre-Christmas call-out has been issued to the city’s sports and fitness groups, with registrations now open for next year’s Get Active Sign-On event.

Councillors have voted to enable newly elected Mayor Nick Dametto to appoint three advisors to assist him in achieving his mayoral duties and organisational goal of growing Townsville.