The Riverina is set to benefit from more than $27 million under the Coalition’s commitment to renew the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program with $1 billion, if the Coalition is elected to Government.
“The announcement of $1 billion for the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program is a huge reaffirmation of the commitment the Coalition has to regional Australia,” Mr McCormack said.
“This funding will be split through two dedicated funding streams, each worth $500 million.
“These are:
- Resilience and Community Infrastructure Stream – open to all councils, this stream will help strengthen communities against natural disasters and fund essential infrastructure to support local growth; and
- Roads Stream – targeted to regional councils to fix potholes, maintain and improve local roads.
“The $27,130,181 the Riverina is set to benefit from includes $14,643,039 from the Roads Stream and $12,487,142 from the Resilience and Community Infrastructure Stream.
“Funding will be delivered in one round, for 2025-26, upon the election of a Coalition Government.
“I have reached out to every Mayor in the redistributed Riverina electorate to inform them of the announcement. Judging by the response I’ve heard so far, I can confidently say Councils are excited to see this funding come through.
“This new funding builds on top of more than $69 million already delivered across the Local Government Areas of the redistributed Riverina electorate under the preceding rounds of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program.
“I am very proud that the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program was first established whilst I was the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development.
“The program delivered vital upgrades across our country but was inexplicably axed as part of Labor’s most recent Budget.
“However, the Coalition and I have been listening to the concerns of ordinary, hard-working Australians.
“We hear the concerns about the state of regional roads, we hear the concerns about the lack of investment into the regions by Labor, we know regional Australia deserves the same level of investment as the big cities.
“And that’s why we are doing something about it by topping up this great program if we are elected to Government.
“The reality is, Labor won’t ever fight for regional Australia because they believe they can maintain Government by pandering to inner-city Greens voters.
“Only the Coalition in Government, with a strong and experienced Nationals Member for Riverina can deliver regional Australians the investment they deserve.”
COUNCIL | ROADS | COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE | TOTAL FOR COUNCIL |
Coolamon Shire Council | $917,871 | $772,445 | $1,690,316 |
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council | $1,171,100 | $985,552 | $2,156,652 |
Cowra Shire Council | $1,087,803 | $915,452 | $2,003,255 |
Hilltops Council | $2,104,387 | $1,770,968 | $3,875,355 |
Junee Shire Council | $698,623 | $587,934 | $1,286,557 |
Lockhart Shire Council | $1,005,942 | $846,561 | $1,852,503 |
Snowy Valleys Council | $1,035,952 | $1,035,952 | $2,071,904 |
Temora Shire Council | $981,471 | $825,968 | $1,807,439 |
Upper Lachlan Council | $1,429,545 | $1,203,048 | $2,632,593 |
Wagga Wagga City Council | $2,436,782 | $2,050,700 | $4,487,482 |
Weddin Shire Council | $754,948 | $635,335 | $1,390,283 |
Yass Valley Council | $1,018,615 | $857,227 | $1,875,842 |
TOTAL | $14,643,039 | $12,487,142 | $27,130,181 |