{"id":215056,"date":"2018-08-07T20:49:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T10:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=215056"},"modified":"2018-08-07T21:04:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T11:04:50","slug":"council-ideas-receive-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/08\/07\/council-ideas-receive-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Ideas Receive Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_203760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203760\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cameron-dick-200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-203760\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cameron-dick-200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cameron-dick-200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cameron-dick-200-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Development Minister Cameron Dick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 7, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The South Burnett Regional Council will receive funding to develop a regional Water and Wastewater Strategy under Round 2 of the State Government&#8217;s\u00a0Maturing the Infrastructure Pipeline Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Under the same program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council will develop a feasibility study on the redevelopment of the Council administration building,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Gympie Regional Council will undertake an infrastructure needs analysis for the proposed Gympie Gateway Employment Hub,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>North Burnett Regional Council will develop a business case for the proposed replacement of the Biggenden Water Treatment Plant, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Toowoomba Regional Council will receive $500,000 to prepare a business case for a proposed Toowoomba Regional Sports Precinct.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>State Development Minister Cameron Dick said the funding was to turn &#8220;promising ideas&#8221; into solid proposals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A total of $22 million was being distributed in this round to councils across Queensland.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The competitive grant program was open to all councils.<\/p>\n<p>Funds have been allocated to 70 projects across 67 councils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe interest from councils in the program has been significant,\u201d Mr Dick said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cFor the local communities this means building strong local governments with vital investment in early stage planning for projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Government Association of Queensland chief executive Greg Hallam said the program helped councils deliver infrastructure their communities had identified as important.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Maturing the Infrastructure Pipeline Program helps get these vital local infrastructure projects moving,\u201d Mr Hallam said.<\/p>\n<p>The program does not commit the State Government to provide funding for the actual delivery of the projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Burnett Regional Council will receive funding to develop a regional Water and Wastewater Strategy under Round 2 of the State Government&#8217;s\u00a0Maturing the Infrastructure Pipeline Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":203761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,3],"tags":[1131],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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