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With the recent announcement that Australia will mark the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with a public holiday this Thursday, 22 September 2022 as a National Day of Mourning.

Maranoa Regional Council, owner of Australia’s largest saleyards - the Roma Saleyards, is thrilled to be welcoming LifeFlight to the saleyards on 20 September 2022 for the LifeFlight Charity Sale.

Maranoa Regional Council would like to invite senior residents in our communities to come together and celebrate Senior’s month this October!

Maranoa Regional Council wishes to advise residents that due to overnight rain in the upper Bungil catchment, Ashburn Road at the Eastern Diversion Channel in Roma is now closed due to water over road

Council would like to inform residents that the Roma waste facility is closed temporarily due to wet weather causing restricted access to the facility.

Following the sad news today of the death of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second

Council would like to advise Roma residents that due to the severe storm that passed over Roma early this morning, the gas supply to Roma was greatly impacted.

Council will kick off its spring and summer Council Meeting series from September, with the first meeting to be held in Surat on Wednesday, 14 September 2022.

Water is a valuable resource provided by Council to all residential, commercial, and industrial properties in the Maranoa.

Please note, this event has been postponed. A new date is yet to be confirmed.

Council will begin work on Monday 5, September 2022 to the Yuleba watermains. The project will see older mains replaced and upgraded to improve the water pressure and firefighting capability.

Council’s annual Selective Inspection Program is set to commence this week with the program running from Thursday, 1 September to Wednesday, 30 November.

At Council’s ordinary meeting on 8 June 2022, Council resolved to provide Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) grants as a continuing open grant for 2022/23.

Council would like to advise residents and visitors to Surat of upcoming works to be completed at the Surat Boat Ramp Area.

As part of Council’s 2022/23 Budget, several town streets around the region where the bitumen currently does not extend to the existing kerb and channel will be sealed.