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
Singleton Council's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan ('Create Singleton 2035') and a Delivery Program with an annual Operational Plan and budget, shaped heavily by the district's dependence on coal mining and the need to plan for a post-mining economy.
The council manages local roads (more than 870 km), 62 bridges, water and sewer services, waste, libraries, parks and planning across a large, mostly rural Hunter Valley LGA anchored by the town of Singleton. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term, funded through an annual Operational Plan and capital works program.
The Operational Plan funds the council's annual capital works program (roads, bridges, water and sewer, and community facilities). The council's advocacy agenda seeks funding to support a post-mining economy as thermal coal production in the district changes over time.
Underway now
Singleton bypass (NSW Government / Transport for NSW project)
On track to open to traffic in late 2026An 8 km bypass of Singleton on the New England Highway, jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments ($700 million total) and delivered by Transport for NSW — not a council project. Once open, it is expected to remove around 15,000 vehicles a day from Singleton's CBD and bypass five sets of traffic lights, including a 1.6 km bridge across the Hunter River floodplain.
Source: NSW Government — Singleton bypass construction update
Food-and-garden organics (FOGO) kerbside service
Live from 30 June 2025Singleton, with neighbouring Cessnock and Maitland councils, introduced a weekly food-and-garden organics (FOGO) green-bin service from 30 June 2025, moving food scraps out of the fortnightly red general-waste bin so they can be composted rather than sent to landfill.
Source: Singleton Council — Maitland, Cessnock and Singleton councils launch FOGO service
Planned / committed
Create Singleton 2035 & post-mining economic diversification
to 2035The council's top-level Community Strategic Plan setting long-term goals for the local government area, including planning for a diversified, post-mining economy and advocating for funding, training and services as the district's coal industry changes.
Source: Singleton Council — Create Singleton 2035 Community Strategic Plan