$70 million infrastructure funding brought forward
Date: 29-Jun-2017
The Palaszczuk Government’s $70 million critical regional infrastructure fund has been accelerated by six months to stimulate jobs and economic growth in regional Queensland. Applications for the second funding round will now open on Monday 4 April and local councils are being encouraged to start thinking about eligible projects before next month’s local government elections.
Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dr Anthony Lynham said the funding was part of the Queensland Government’s $200 million Building our Regions program to support jobs, foster economic development and improve liveability in regional communities.
“We want councils to get the ball rolling on applications for eligible infrastructure projects that will benefit their communities through real jobs and long term economic opportunities,” Dr Lynham said. “As well, we have listened to the Local Government Association of Queensland and streamlined the application process.”
In this round, councils will only initially need to prepare an expression of interest. The department will assess those EOIs, shortlist projects and then give councils four weeks to prepare a detailed business case for their project.
More information and how to apply is available here: http://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/regional-development/building-our-regions.html
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