NSW government fast tracking support to flood impacted communities
The ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Tribune
The ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Tribune
NSW
13 Jan 2023 2:33 pm AEST Date Time
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The Albury Electorate will benefit from the NSW Liberal and ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾s Government’s plan to fast-track advanced payments of $16 million in emergency funding in northern and southern regions for urgent work to restore access to flood-impacted areas.
Member for Albury Justin Clancy MP said the advanced funding would help Federation and Greater Hume Councils impacted by the devastating flood event in October and November 2022 as they recover.
“The NSW Liberal and ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾s Government is committed to ensuring measures are taken to prevent, prepare for, respond to and assist recovery from natural disasters,” Mr Clancy said.
Council
Amount
Federation Council
$1,000,000
Greater Hume Shire Council
$1,000,000
“By putting emergency funding into the bank accounts faster councils can get on with the job of repairing and rebuilding damaged road and transport infrastructure sooner.”
Federation Council Deputy Mayor, Cr Shaun Whitechurch thanked the NSW Government and Local Member, Justin Clancy following the funding announcement.
“We have been working really closely with Justin through the flooding events across our LGA and I know he has been a big advocate for us when it comes to ensuring that we receive funding in a timely manner to enable our Council area to get on with recovering as quickly as possible,” he said.
“I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Justin for this work and his ongoing support. We have achieved a lot over recent months and still have a long way to go in our recovery. We are working to plan our work force and material supply to ensure we can complete emergency works as quickly as possible and are committed to keeping the community updated as we make progress on this.”
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said the cash is being directed straight to councils which, with their detailed knowledge of their local region and roads, are best placed to identify those critical priority areas.
“This new support is on top of more than $60 million in emergency funding already provided to councils devastated by severe weather across the Central West and North Coast last year,” Mr Farraway said.
“It’s evident more now than ever that we need to build our infrastructure back to be more resilient against mother nature, which is why the NSW Liberal and ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾s Government pushed for the $312.5 million Betterment Program for councils in the Northern Rivers.
“This new, first of its kind, natural disaster funding program allows councils to build back their road and transport infrastructure to withstand extreme weather events, it’s the way of the future and will help our great state to come back stronger after a natural disaster.”
