{"id":360879,"date":"2025-05-21T10:03:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T00:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=360879"},"modified":"2025-05-21T10:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T00:03:54","slug":"trc-still-pressing-for-dam-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/05\/21\/trc-still-pressing-for-dam-money\/","title":{"rendered":"TRC Still Pressing For Dam Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_360880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360880\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521cressbrook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-360880\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521cressbrook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521cressbrook.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521cressbrook-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521cressbrook-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521cressbrook-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521cressbrook-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250521cressbrook-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project team at a recent networking event on site at the Cressbrook Dam spillway (Photo: TRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 21, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toowoomba Regional Council has again pleaded for Federal and State government funding to support the compulsory $266.1 million Cressbrook Dam safety upgrades.<\/p>\n<p>Council applied last month for $97 million in funding from Round 3 of the Federal Government\u2019s Disaster Ready Fund 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the TRC sent a revised submission to the State Government for consideration of the project\u2019s inclusion in the 2025-26 State Budget.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Geoff McDonald said securing funding for the project was critical and it was Council&#8217;s top infrastructure funding priority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cDespite careful financial planning, Council can\u2019t carry the cost of the Cressbrook Dam project alone without postponing other major infrastructure developments and potentially reassessing the scope and quality of delivering essential local government services,&#8221; Mayor McDonald said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the current project budget of $266.1 million, the additional cost to ratepayers from the Cressbrook Dam Safety Improvement Project remains at a present value of approximately $135 per year for every rateable property year-on-year without external funding support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToowoomba Region ratepayers should not have to bear the full cost of this project, which ultimately protects landholders outside the Toowoomba Region.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/09\/13\/trc-pleads-for-dams-fairness\/\">TRC Pleads For Dams &#8216;Fairness&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/07\/05\/trc-seeks-dollars-for-dam\/\">TRC Seeks Dollars For Dam<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/04\/08\/water-issues-raised-in-brisbane\/\">Water Issues Raised In Brisbane<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toowoomba Regional Council has again pleaded for Federal and State government funding to support the compulsory $266.1 million Cressbrook Dam safety upgrades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":360880,"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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