Regional Capitals Australia has today welcomed the release of details for the $500 million, Phase 4 – Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program by the Australian Government.
The Government has released details of individual council allocations which will be available in July, with projects required to be delivered by June 2025. Funding will be able to be spent on priority local road and community infrastructure projects.
Cr Kylie King, Regional Capitals Australia Chair, said the Local Road and Community Infrastructure Program was a very welcome and much required stimulus in regional Australia, particularly with the impacts of sustained weather events creating a crisis for the maintenance of local roads.
“In addition to the extreme weather events, councils are struggling with increased demands on their budgets due to inflationary cost blowouts, so federal assistance is welcome to help provide these important community projects,” Cr King said.
The Government has also announced the additional $250 million funded in the October budget will be used to support road projects in rural, regional and outer urban areas. This delivers on an election commitment.
The Government is committed to a robust methodology underpinning the determination of eligible councils for this $250 million in funding. Details about these allocations will be announced shortly.
Read the media release here.