South Burnett Regional Council is receiving $3.31 million for “shovel-ready” projects from the State Government under the Works For Queensland COVID round.
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council will receive $1.13 million.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced individual council allocations from the $150 million regional program on Wednesday.
Other local council allocations are:
- Gympie Regional Council – $4,190,000
- North Burnett Regional Council – $1,400,000
- Somerset Regional Council – $1,610,000
- Toowoomba Regional Council – $2,870,000
- Western Downs Regional Council – $2,730,000
South Burnett Regional Council previously identified a list of 36 shovel-ready projects which it was ready to deliver under a proposed “battleplan” for COVID-19 recovery put forward by the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ).
These included a $2.8 million Green Spaces Redevelopment to refurbish rural town parks through landscaping, tree replacement, gardens, seating, shade structures and pathways and a $750,000 Town Pride Project to convert grass medium strips in town centres to concrete and artificial turf for drought mitigation.
