Federal funding for community projects

Published on 27 July 2020

Council on Tuesday night allocated $1,072,884 for community based projects including footpaths in Goulburn, Marulan and Tarago, new public toilets for Tallong and a new amenities building for Cookbundoon Sports Fields.

The Federal Government has provided the grant funding through the Local Roads & Community Infrastructure program which must be fully expended within 12 months. The projects should create local employment opportunities and deliver ongoing benefit to the community.

Mayor Bob Kirk welcomed the funding for short term projects that will help support our economy.

“This funding from the Federal Government is very timely, and allowed us to bring some projects forward into the 2020/21 financial year. It’s a great opportunity for us to undertake some great work in Goulburn, Marulan and Tarago that will benefit the vast majority of our community.”

$400,000 was allocated to footpath works with a number of renewals planned in Goulburn along with new footpaths in Marulan and Tarago.

New public toilets for Tallong were programmed to be built in 2021/22 financial year but have now been brought forward to be delivered earlier. This will also mean new toilets can be built in Bungonia next financial year.

Council will now also deliver the Cookbundoon Amenities block project which will include new change rooms and toilets for the soccer community. $572,884 has been allocated from the grant program, while Council has brought forward $500,000 from the Community Infrastructure Reserve for this project.

Footpath programme is below: