What the council is working on
Recent deliveries, what's underway now, and what's planned next — drawn from the council's own plans, budgets and project pages. We report what the council has publicly said it's doing; every item links to its source.
The council's stated direction
Dubbo Regional Council's direction is set out in its 'Towards 2040' Community Strategic Plan and a Delivery Program 2025–2029 with an annual Operational Plan and budget, focused on positioning Dubbo and Wellington as the growing service hub of the Orana / Central West.
The council manages local roads, water and sewer, waste, libraries, parks, the airport, the regional livestock markets and planning across a large inland LGA anchored by Dubbo and Wellington. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term.
The Delivery Program funds the council's annual capital works program alongside major regional infrastructure — including the Dubbo Regional Airport upgrades, the Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets transformation and water-security works.
Underway now
Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets transformation
Master plan on exhibition Jan–Feb 2026; $10.29M committed over three financial yearsThe council has committed more than $10.29 million over three financial years and put a master plan on public exhibition to transform the Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets into a modern, sustainable saleyard — including sheep-yard redevelopment, expanded electronic-identification scanning, truck-wash and water-recycling upgrades and solar power.
Dubbo Regional Airport upgrades
Ongoing; car park and solar-canopy works 2026A program of upgrades at Dubbo Regional Airport to meet rising passenger and parking demand, including a proposed solar canopy over part of the public car park intended to supply a large share of the airport's annual energy needs.
Source: Dubbo Regional Council — Dubbo Regional Airport Upgrades
Water security — non-potable water pipeline
In final stages of construction (2026)A ~19 km non-potable water pipeline to transfer groundwater from established recreational bores to the John Gilbert Water Treatment Plant, intended to bolster the Dubbo region's water security during drought, delivered under the Australian Government's Water for the Future program.