BOURKE SCORES MILLIONS IN FUNDING – including $5m for the Wanaaring Road
The Bourke district has scored millions in state government funding, following a visit on Saturday by Regional Transport and Roads Minister Sam Farraway and the Nationals candidate for Barwon Annette Turner.
Mr Farraway announced over $10 million in funding for projects in the Bourke Shire, including $5 million dollars to complete the sealing of the Wanaaring Road.
He also announced another $4.5 million in flood recovery road funding, $506,000 for the Back O’Bourke Centre, $250,000 for the Bourke Aboriginal Cultural centre and Arts Hub, $861,000 towards the replacement of the grandstand and other facilities at Davidson Oval, almost $700,000 for an after hours youth engagement program run by Maranguka, and $160,000 for a new bus service connecting Bourke and North Bourke.
Minister Farraway, a National Party MLC, said that the coalition government in New South Wales was committed to funding projects throughout rural and regional NSW.
Mr Farraway said that the NSW government – in partnership with local councils – was building infrastructure that matters.
“This additional funding will help the Bourke and district community with increased resilience, capacity, and improved reliability of roads in western NSW. […]
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