Northern Midlands Infrastructure Funding Boost

Posted on July 07, 2022

Northern Midlands Council has secured almost $1 million under an extension of the Australian Government’s Local Roads Community Infrastructure Program.

Mayor Knowles OAM said today the grants program would allow Council to deliver further vital community infrastructure projects while maintaining a healthy financial position.

“These grants were introduced to help local communities bounce back from COVID-19 and have allowed Council to leverage our own-source funding to bring forward by many years important projects which creates jobs and benefit our economy,” Mayor Knowles said.

The Australian Government committed an additional $500 million in the 2022-23 federal budget to extend the $1 billion Phase 3 of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program to $1.5 billion, bringing the total funding under the program to $3 billion.

Mayor Knowles said that while all municipalities across Australia benefitted under the program, first introduced in 2020-21, Northern Midlands Council’s prior planning and healthy budget position had meant it was able to quickly bring forward projects to qualify for funding.

So far Northern Midlands received $3.87 million under the program and has qualified for $960,936 additional funding under the extension of Stage 3.

Mayor Knowles said council had contributed $3.31 million of its own-source funding to the projects.

Projects delivered under LRCI funding include:

Project

LRCI grant

Project Status

Phase One

Longford Sports Centre upgrade and expansion

$575,936

Completed

Ross Village Green development

$385,000

Completed

Total

$960,936

Phase Two

Cressy Swimming Pool complex upgrade

$200,000

Staged project

Stage 1 completed

Cressy Recreation Ground upgrade

$107,571

Staged project

Stage 1 completed

Gatty Street Western Junction detention basin

$126,270

In progress

Longford Waste Transfer Station recycling centre

$100,000

Completed

Longford Sports Centre squash courts upgrade

50,000

Completed

Seccombe Street Reserve Perth amenities facility

$60,000

Completed

Talisker Street Perth amenities facility

$100,000

In progress

Perth Recreation Ground electronic scoreboard

$90,000

Completed

Campbell Town War Memorial Oval irrigation system

$160,000

Completed

Total

$993,841

Phase Three

Perth Early Learning Centre Development

$1,121,874

In progress

Cressy Swimming Pool Complex upgrade

$600,000

In progress

Cressy Recreation Ground upgrade

$100,000

In progress

Pioneer Park Evandale playground redevelopment

$100,000

Not yet started

Total

$1,921,874

Construction of new projects under the latest funding round are due to be completed by 30 June 2024.

For further information, please contact Mayor Mary Knowles OAM on 0408 766 625.