President's column
Infrastructure remains a key issue on the Federal agenda and there have been some noteworthy developments this week with the Government announcing successful projects under the third and final round of the National Stronger Regions Fund (NSRF) and Infrastructure Australia publishing an update to its list of national priority projects.
More than half of the successful projects in this round of the NSRF were from councils and there were a wide variety of projects from restoring cultural facilities to upgrading regional airports.
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Infrastructure Australia adds new projects to national infrastructure priority list
Infrastructure Australia has updated its Infrastructure Priority List to include four additional projects that address Australia's current infrastructure gaps and meet the challenges of the future.
Infrastructure Australia Chief Executive Philip Davies said its Board had positively assessed business cases for the following four projects: M80 Ring Road Upgrade (Victoria); Perth-Forrestfield Airport Rail Link (Western Australia); Moorebank Intermodal Terminal (New South Wales); and Adelaide-Tarcoola Rail Upgrade (South Australia).
More than $96 million allocated to council projects
Successful projects under the third and final round of the National Stronger Regions Fund (NSRF) have been announced, with more than $96 million allocated to council projects and around $12.5 million to roads projects. Forty-three out of the 67 successful projects were from councils.
Minister for Regional Development and also Minister for Local Government, Senator the Hon Fiona Nash, recently announced that the Federal Government will invest more than $126 million into 67 successful projects worth a total of $462 million.
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9 - 11 November 2016
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