Queensland councils to receive infrastructure funding boost

Currumbin Beach, Queensland, Australia. Photo by Vanja Matijevic on Unsplash.

Communities across Queensland will benefit from an $86 million state government funding to deliver priority infrastructure projects like tourism, water and sewage or sports infrastructure.

In Bundaberg to announce the program, Queensland’s Deputy Premier and Minister for Local Government Steven Miles said the Local Government Grants and Subsidies Program (LGGSP) would provide funding to councils to deliver the infrastructure and essential services communities need.

“This program aims to help our hardworking councils build and upgrade infrastructure that is vital to sustaining and improving their towns, cities and regions,” Mr Miles said.

“This early Christmas present will go a long way to continue Queensland’s economic recovery, creating jobs and building the infrastructure our communities need.”

The types of infrastructure projects covered under the program may include sewerage and water, economic development and tourism, and community wellbeing projects such as sport and recreation centres, and security and community safety projects.

Projects funded under previous rounds of the LGGSP include the Rosewood Library in Ipswich, the Storm King Dam pipeline in Southern Downs, a community hub in Mareeba, a second reservoir in Hughenden, and Thargomindah’s Whole Town Renewable Energy Solution.

All 77 Queensland councils are eligible to apply for 2022-24 LGGSP funding.

Applications close on 04 March 2022. Successful projects will be announced in the first half of next year, with construction beginning on some projects as early as 1 July 2022.

The LGGSP provides funding to support councils to deliver priority infrastructure projects that improve the liveability of communities and support economic growth and employment.

For more information: www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/lggsp