Local roads and community infrastructure program

The Federal Government has announced the allocation for individual Councils of Phase 4 of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program.

In the Lyne Electorate the allocations include:

Maitland City $1,376,182

Port Stephens $1,230,752

Dungog Shire $906,393

MidCoast $5,349,312

Port Macquarie-Hastings $2,880,252

Federal Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie said the program, which was created by the former Federal Coalition Government, had now become a critical program for regional councils in local infrastructure delivery.

“I am pleased that the government is going to retain the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program. In my recent Vision 2030 Plan survey, of the 3,000 households that responded across the Lyne electorate, roads were the number one priority. This program will go some way towards getting more road projects on the agenda.”

Dr Gillespie said that since the Federal election a year ago, he’d had several meetings with both the Minister and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport & Regional Development.

“I’ve discussed the need to not only maintaining existing levels of funding for infrastructure in regional areas like ours, but also further investment given the importance roads are to our region and the economy,” Dr Gillespie said.