Weekly News Briefs - 25 September 2025

Relocation of Gatton Customer Service Centre

Council’s Gatton Customer Service Centre will soon temporarily relocate while the Gatton Administration Building undergoes roof repairs.

From MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER – 12 DECEMBER 2025, weather permitting, the Gatton Customer Service Centre will be located at THE LOCKYER CENTRE, 55 NORTH STREET, GATTON (opposite the Gatton Fire Station).

The relocation is necessary to ensure customer and staff safety while these essential insurance-funded roof repairs are conducted to fix hail damage sustained in December 2023. Staff will relocate across a range of alternate locations.

The Laidley Customer Service Centre, and overall Council services are not affected.

For more information on the project and the temporary Customer Service Centre, visit www.lockyervalley.qld.gov.au/roof-repairs

Still fun to be had at Lockyer Valley Libraries!

The school holidays are in full swing and there’s still plenty of time to have fun – just book on Lockyer Valley Libraries’ website!

Activities on offer over the break include:

• scavenger hunt
• movie afternoons
• STEM activities
• art workshops
• craft afternoons.

Visit our website, library.lockyervalley.qld.gov.au for more information on our range of fun school holiday activities available, and to book your spot!

Road works underway - John Street South and Whites Road, Laidley

Council has begun a full reconstruction of John Street South including drainage works at the intersection of Whites Road. These works will improve road and pedestrian safety, while enhancing stormwater drainage in the area.

The works will be completed over two stages during the school holidays (weather permitting).

Stage 1: Starting Monday, 22 September through to Friday, 3 October.

Stage 2: Starting Monday, 15 December through to Friday, 23 January.

For more information on the project, visit www.lockyervalley.qld.gov.au/road-works

New Gallery exhibition now open

Visit 'Viewpoints' by High Schools of the Lockyer Valley at the Lockyer Valley Art Gallery.

Viewpoints showcases student work from various high schools in the Lockyer Valley. Featuring a diverse range of artwork, viewers are invited to perceive the works through the eyes of a teenager growing up in the Lockyer Valley.

This exhibition runs until 12 October.

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Laidley Pool works

The Dal Ryan War Memorial Pool in Laidley will open its doors a little later this year, as Council continues flood repair works on the facility.

The works are expected to begin in early October and take several weeks, weather permitting, after which time the pool will then be refilled and recommissioned. It is hoped the pool will be open again in early to mid-November.

Council has notified the pool operator and schools of the works and will continue to work with those impacted throughout the repair process.