April 12, 2017
Cherbourg will receive $1 million from the State Government’s Building Our Regions program to revitalise the Ration Shed Museum’s historical precinct and further upgrade the town’s recycling plant.
State Development Minister – and Cherbourg “Champion” – Dr Anthony Lynham said these small but critical projects would be delivered in partnership with Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council, generating more than three jobs as well as new business opportunities.
“In remote and Indigenous communities, small projects can make a big difference, and kick-starting much-needed infrastructure in this way has far-reaching social and economic flow-on effects,” Dr Lynham said.
“Our $375 million Building our Regions program is reinvesting mining royalties to boost infrastructure and generate jobs in regional communities.”
The program has already allocated $150 million to 93 critical infrastructure projects, generating almost 1300 jobs and attracting a further $275 million investment from councils and other organisations.
“In Cherbourg, an earlier stage of the upgrade to Cherbourg’s Material Recovery Facility will start by mid-year using the $499,000 allocated under previous rounds of Building Our Regions,” Dr Lynham said.
The new Building Our Regions grant will contribute to:
- Revitalising Cherbourg’s historical precinct with $497,827 from the Queensland Government and $5000 from Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council
- Further improvements to the Cherbourg Material Recovery Facility, with $499,000 from the State Government and $21,985 from Cherbourg Council.
Successful projects under Round 3 of the program will be announced by mid-2017.
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