NEWS of several major developments was given at tonight’s Derwent Valley Council meeting, including a $171,000 allocation for the upgrading of the New Norfolk War Memorial Hall. Mayor Tony Nicholson said he had been advised of this by the Treasurer, Michael Aird MLC, this week.
Cr Nicholson said he had also been informed that Telstra planned to erect a mobile telephone base-station at Maydena and to upgrade the Gretna exchange, both of which would vastly improve telecommunications in the upper Derwent Valley.
Later in the meeting, Cr Bomfield mentioned that “black spot” funding had today been announced for the municipality and asked if the council knew the specific details, which it did not.
