COUNCILS in Tasmania’s electorate of Lyons will today receive their latest share of the Federal Government’s $2.2 billion Roads to Recovery funding to help with road construction and maintenance.
Federal Lyons MP Eric Hutchinson said that the Government was paying $117 million to 297 local government authorities nation-wide including $2.3 million in Lyons.
“Quarterly payments through the Roads to Recovery Program allow councils across Australia to direct local road funding to where it is needed most,’’ Mr Hutchinson said.
“The Roads to recovery payments made today are in addition to the $575 million our local governments shared last month through the Federal Government Financial Assistance Grants program.
“Fourteen councils in Lyons received more than $7.7 million for service delivery from the latest round of the Financial Assistance Grant Program announced late last month.
‘’Councils are free to spend Financial Assistance money according to local priorities including infrastructure, health, education, recreation, employment and roads projects.’’
Councils in Lyons to receive top-up Roads to Recovery payments announced today include:
Break O’Day, $441,016; Brighton Council, $159,387; Central Highlands Council, $397,466; Glamorgan Spring Bay, $2,363; Latrobe Council, $221,967; Meander Valley Council, $150,355; Northern Midlands Council, $753,617; Southern Midlands Council, $16,000; West Tamar Council, $114, 508.
More information on these programs and others like Bridges Renewal and Black Spot is available at www.infrastructure.gov.au
Lyons MHR Eric Hutchinson.
