Tara Murray
Brimbank council will receive more than $400,000 from the latest round of the federal government’s Roads to Recovery Program.
The council will receive $419,404 for its quarter payment which will be used to help upgrade local roads.
Senator Jane Hume said the government was providing more than $91.72 million to 255 local government authorities nationwide to deliver safer and better-maintained roads.
“The Roads to Recovery funding … will allow councils across the area to progress a number of high-priority projects, using local knowledge to deliver the best local roads,” Ms Hume said.
“This forms part of our government’s unwavering commitment to get Australians home sooner and safer, no matter where they live.”
Assistant Local Government Minister Kevin Hogan said the investments deliver safer roads in local government areas throughout the country.
“The Australian government supports local governments to provide vital infrastructure and services through a range of programs,” Mr Hogan said.
“This support includes the Financial Assistance Grant and Bridges Renewal, Black Spot, Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity, Roads to Recovery and Local Roads and Community Infrastructure programs.”
Mr Hogan said the federal government has committed an additional $100 million per year to the Roads to Recovery Program from 2019–20, as part of the Local and State Government Road Safety Package announced in the 2019–20 Budget.
“Assisting local councils to maintain and improve roads under their jurisdiction is a big part of that, which is why we have made a $2.5 billion commitment through the Local Road and Community Infrastructure program and earlier this year brought forward $1.3 billion of the 2021–22 Financial Assistance Grant payment.”
