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
Wagga Wagga's direction is set out in its Community Strategic Plan ('Wagga Wagga 2050', adopted April 2025) and a Delivery Program 2025–2029 with an annual Operational Plan and budget (adopted June 2025), alongside the 'Wagga 2040' Local Strategic Planning Statement for land use.
The council manages local roads, waste, water and sewer, libraries, parks, aquatic and cultural facilities, and planning across a large regional LGA anchored by the city of Wagga Wagga — the largest inland city in NSW and the Riverina's major service centre. Its Delivery Program is the elected council's statement of commitment for its term. Maintaining and renewing infrastructure is a recognised pressure: the council's OLG infrastructure-backlog ratio is well above benchmark, and in March 2026 it resolved to investigate whether a Special Rate Variation is needed.
The Delivery Program 2025–2029 and Operational Plan 2025/26 (adopted 23 June 2025) fund the council's annual capital works and services in line with the Wagga Wagga 2050 Community Strategic Plan.
Underway now
Bomen Special Activation Precinct
Master plan finalised; NSW Government-led, staged to 2040A NSW Government-led industrial and freight precinct at Bomen, north-east of the city, built around the existing Bomen industrial area and the Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics (RiFL) Hub. The master plan covers around 4,500 hectares and is projected to support up to about 6,050 jobs by 2040; the council partners on planning and local infrastructure.
Source: Wagga Wagga City Council — Special Activation Precinct
Riverside / Wagga Beach precinct
OngoingA project to reactivate the Wagga Beach precinct on the Murrumbidgee River as a focal point for residents and visitors, with improved links to the city's CBD and civic precinct.
Source: Wagga Wagga City Council — Community Strategic Plan 2050
Planned / committed
Wagga Wagga 2050 Community Strategic Plan
Adopted Apr 2025; horizon to 2050The council's top-level Community Strategic Plan, adopted in April 2025 after a 12-month engagement that drew over 2,500 submissions, setting long-term goals for growth, environment, infrastructure and community wellbeing across the LGA.
Source: Wagga Wagga City Council — Council adopts Wagga Wagga 2050 CSP