{"id":175199,"date":"2017-04-12T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T06:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=175199"},"modified":"2020-06-29T18:32:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T08:32:04","slug":"cherbourg-projects-secure-1m-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/12\/cherbourg-projects-secure-1m-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherbourg Projects Secure $1m Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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State Development Minister Dr Anthony Lynham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 12, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“Our $375 million Building our Regions program is reinvesting mining royalties to boost infrastructure and generate jobs in regional communities.”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

The new Building Our Regions grant will contribute to:<\/strong><\/p>\n