Project Updates

Dr Joe McGirr MP PROJECT UPDATES

INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR WAGGA WAGGA From the outset, my vision for the electorate

has been responsible regional growth and safe, supported communities. I am pleased we continue to see the emergence of the infrastructure and services we need to support our growing community.

Work is continuing at Bomen on development of the Special Activation Precinct and the Riverina Intermodal Freight and Logistics hub. It has been great to see the new ambulance station at Tumut taking shape. Services at the new $50 million hospital were officially opened in October 2022. Work is continuing on a new roundabout at the Snowy Mountains Highway and Gocup Road intersection in Tumut following my advocacy for a safer intersection at this junction of the key local transport link. Stage one initial works are now complete. The project is expected to be completed by mid-2023. It is exciting to see work nearing completion on the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital multi-storey car park. The car park will be a huge asset for the precinct, where parking has been an issue for years. The relentless wet weather has led to more potholes on our roads. I have called on the government to use the $45 million it collected in fines, after banning signs on mobile speed cameras, as a starting point to begin the work of repairing our roads. I was pleased to hear the government announce $50 million in grants funds to help repair potholes on regional roads.

< Official opening of Tumut Hospital, October 2022