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
Tweed Shire's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan 2025–2035, delivered through a Delivery Program 2025–2029 and an annual Operational Plan — the current one being the Operational Plan 2026–27, put on public exhibition in April–May 2026 alongside the draft budget.
The Community Strategic Plan is built around 4 streams — Protecting (a healthy natural environment), Living (safe homes and reliable services), Thriving (people, businesses and places) and Growing (sustainable planning) — with the Delivery Program setting the elected council's commitments against them.
The 2026–27 draft budget totalled about $430 million across three funds — a $303M general fund, $62M water fund and $65M sewer fund. Council has flagged that rising costs for fuel, bitumen and construction materials may mean deferring or reprioritising projects rather than raising rates further.
Underway now
Flood recovery & resilience program
2022–ongoingRecovery from three major disaster events in four years (the 2022 and 2024 floods and Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in 2025), affecting nearly 5,000 sites and around $350 million in recovery works, including the rebuilt Budd Park and Murwillumbah Railway Station precinct.
Source: The Echo — Tweed Shire Council presents flood resilience series
Planned / committed
South Murwillumbah Masterplan
2026–A partnership between Council and the NSW Reconstruction Authority to co-design the future of the land where 44 flood-affected homes were bought back, between Alma and Buchanan Streets along the Tweed River — residential use is no longer permitted on these buyback sites.
Source: The Echo — Tweed Shire Council presents flood resilience series
Draft Growth Management, Housing and Employment Strategy
to 2041A draft strategy identifying capacity for 11,200 new homes by 2041 (up to 27,400 longer-term) and over 10,900 jobs, balancing growth against infrastructure, environmental and flood-risk constraints — open for community feedback in 2026.
Source: Your Say Tweed — Draft Growth Management, Housing and Employment Strategy