The 2016-17 Queensland State Budget was delivered this week and includes some boosts to a range of funding programs of interest to local government. A big ticket item in the budget was an extra $175 million for Building Our Regions, including $90 million towards the regional infrastructure program over the next four years.
While the LGAQ’s budget bid for water was not specifically delivered, the need to upgrade vital water and wastewater infrastructure in indigenous communities has been recognised in the budget with funding allocated for the following:
Projects allocated funding through the $180 million “Significant Regional Infrastructure Projects Program” include: