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
Eurobodalla Shire Council's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan and a Delivery Program 2025–2029 with an annual Operational Plan and budget, shaped heavily by recovery and resilience after the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires and by the challenge of an ageing, dispersed infrastructure network.
The council manages local roads, waste, water and sewer, libraries, parks, planning and coastal management across a large, dispersed Far South Coast shire anchored by Batemans Bay, Moruya (the council seat) and Narooma. 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; the council's 2023–24 financial ratios show a high infrastructure backlog (9.4%) and asset renewals below benchmark, which its long-term financial and asset-management plans are aimed at addressing.
Underway now
Batemans Bay Masterplan
Council resolved to continue March 2026; revised 25–30 year horizonThe council is preparing a long-term masterplan for the Batemans Bay town centre. In March 2026 councillors voted to continue the work with a revised planning horizon (reduced from 70 to 25–30 years); the council has said contentious issues such as building heights are undecided and the revised plan will return for further public consultation.
Source: Eurobodalla Council — Councillors attend Bay Masterplan workshop
Bushfire recovery & resilience
Ongoing since 2020Following the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires, the council's Bushfire Recovery Action Plan guides rebuilding of the shire's built, social, economic and natural environments — including replacing destroyed timber bridges with concrete, and upgrading community facilities with backup power for future emergencies.
Planned / committed
Waste & recycling strategy — towards FOGO by 2030
Full FOGO service by 2030The council is planning the transition to a combined food-and-garden-organics (FOGO) kerbside service to meet the NSW-wide 2030 mandate, alongside broader moves to lift recycling and reduce landfill across its Surf Beach, Brou and Moruya waste facilities.