{"id":229419,"date":"2019-02-22T21:08:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=229419"},"modified":"2020-07-24T10:24:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T00:24:58","slug":"council-submits-2019-21-wish-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/02\/22\/council-submits-2019-21-wish-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Submits 2019-21 Wish List"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Murgon’s Jubilee Swimming Pool will receive a $50,000 maintenance upgrade if the State Government approves Council’s latest Works For Queensland project list (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 22, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council will spend more than half of a $4.5 million grant on gravel resheeting over the coming two years if the project is approved by the State Government.<\/p>\n

The money will come from the latest round of the State Government’s Works For Queensland (W4Q) program.<\/p>\n

W4Q was introduced in January 2017 as a $200 million program aimed at expanding employment by encouraging Councils to use the money to create temporary work opportunities.<\/p>\n

The State Government announced it would tip an extra $200 million into the program in June 2017.<\/p>\n

And in early November 2017, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk promised her government would add a further $200 to the program if it was re-elected at that month’s State elections.<\/p>\n

W4Q grant allocations are based on location, population and unemployment rates.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queensland\u2019s 12 largest councils \u2013 including Toowoomba \u2013 are ineligible to receive funding.<\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council has so far received almost $9 million from the W4Q program, and will be eligible to receive a further $4.5 million in 2019-21.<\/p>\n

However, it must nominate the projects it will spend the money on by March 1 – then get them approved – before receiving the funds.<\/p>\n

At February’s monthly meeting on Wednesday, Councillors voted to nominate 13 projects for W4Q funding:<\/strong><\/p>\n