Take action
One email from a group is easy to file. Twenty emails from residents in a councillor’s own division are not. Here’s how to make yours count.
Write to your councillor
Ipswich has four divisions with two councillors each, plus the mayor. Find your division with council’s divisional boundaries map, then find your councillors’ contact details on the mayor and councillors page.
What to say. Keep it short, personal and specific.
- Who you are and where you live (your division matters).
- The specific place and problem, in one or two sentences. Link to the issue page if we have one.
- Why it matters to you: the school run, getting to the station, your kids, a crash or near miss.
- What you want done. Be concrete: “a kerb ramp on the north side”, “a 40 km/h limit”, “bring forward Stage 2”.
- Point to council’s own commitments. The Active Transport Action Plan is full of them.
- Ask for a reply, and tell us what they say.
Copy us in at ipswichbug@gmail.com so we can log it.
Make a submission
Council runs consultations on Shape Your Ipswich and TMR on its own project pages. Deadlines are often only a few weeks. When one opens that matters for riders we’ll post the key points and the deadline in news and on Facebook. A short submission in your own words is worth far more than none.
Whose road is that?
Reporting to the wrong body wastes weeks.
| Who | Typical roads and assets | Report to |
|---|---|---|
| Ipswich City Council | Local and collector streets, footpaths, shared paths and bikeways, parks, local road signs and line marking | Snap Send Solve, (07) 3810 6666 |
| Transport and Main Roads (TMR) | State-controlled roads: Warrego, Cunningham and Centenary Highways, Ipswich Motorway, Brisbane Road, Ipswich–Boonah Road, Ipswich–Rosewood Road, Redbank Plains Road and similar | TMR report form, 13 19 40 |
| Queensland Rail | Rail corridors, station precincts, rail overpasses and underpasses | 13 16 17 |
| Developers | New estate roads until council takes them over (Ripley, Springfield growth areas) | Council first; they will redirect |
Not sure? Check the road on QLDTraffic Road Lookup or ask us.
Join the petitions and the meetings
Petitions and consultations we’re currently pushing are listed on the relevant issue pages. Council’s ordinary meetings are public and the agendas are published a week ahead on council’s meetings page, with agendas and minutes at ipswich.infocouncil.biz.