$44 Million for Bushfire Recovery in Gilmore

$44 MILLION FOR BUSHFIRE RECOVERY PROJECTS IN GILMORE

Member for Gilmore, Fiona Philips, has today welcomed the news that $44 million from Stage Two of the federal and state funded Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund, will go to 30 important local projects in the Gilmore electorate.

Stage Two of the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund was opened for applications in October 2020. Since that time Eurobodalla Shire Council, Shoalhaven City Council and organisations have worked on applications for funding. Mrs Phillips has been working with our local councils, local organisations, the National Bushfire Disaster Recovery Agency and Resilience NSW, to make sure that local projects were funded.

“I am absolutely delighted to see that such important local projects will receive funding”, Fiona said.

“I know that our councils, our local organisations, staff and volunteers have worked so hard to ensure that our area gets important infrastructure, services and programs funded, so that we can all move forward with our recovery”, Fiona continued.

“I couldn’t be happier to see these projects funded”, Fiona said.

“There is much needed funding for community infrastructure projects and to help our communities recover”, Fiona continued.

“This means investing in people, their wellbeing and building resilience for future disasters. It’s a real boost for our local communities, spending, tourism and jobs”, Fiona said.

“Congratulations to all involved – it was a massive community effort”, Fiona continued.

A list of projects funded in Gilmore is as follows:

Amount $	Project funding	Council
951,875	Upgrade facilities and equipment at PCYC Shoalhaven	Shoalhaven
3,835,367	Improve resilience of four showgrounds in the Shoalhaven	Shoalhaven
2,443,605	Refurbish the Huskisson Mangrove Boardwalk	Shoalhaven
5,000,000	Complete stage two of the Mogo Adventure Trails Hub	Eurobodalla
990,000	Design and construct new Bendeela Reservoir and Five Water Tanks	Shoalhaven
230,000	Phoenix Community Wellbeing Program	Eurobodalla
489,000	Upgrade major telecommunication sites	Shoalhaven
949,840	Restore habitats and build community resilience in Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven	Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla
416,534	Sanctuary of Support (SOS)	Shoalhaven
995,023	South Coast Centre of Excellence	Shoalhaven and Eurobodalla
315,000	Promote the Gourmet Coast Trail	Eurobodalla
947,803	Community led recovery and regeneration education hub for South East NSW	Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven
383,133	Regenerate: NSW family and relationship counselling	Eurobodalla
962,400	Bawley Point and Kioloa microgrid energy project	Shoalhaven
3,475,000	Anglicare Regional Recovery Program	Eurobodalla
717,303	Extend and improve Lake Conjola Fire Station	Shoalhaven
1,752,930	Construct a fire station for Manyana and Bendalong	Shoalhaven
775,349	Supporting Lake Conjola tourism access	Shoalhaven
1,000,000	Create bridge with shared user path on Lake Conjola Entrance Road	Shoalhaven
999,570	Support bushfire-affected startups	Eurobodalla
3,994,938	Royal Far West Bushfire Recovery Program	Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven
900,974	Anglicare's Road to Recovery: Building community capacity and fostering disaster resilience program	Shoalhaven
211,000	Support South Coast Youth Volunteering Initiative	Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven
225,000	Milton-Ulladulla Rural Landcare Forest Recovery Project	Shoalhaven
2,071,465	Fund EcoCrews in Eurobodalla and the Bega Valley	Eurobodalla
2,759,486	Caring for Country Traineeship Project	Shoalhaven
2,780,632	Blueprint for a Resilient South East NSW	Eurobodalla
1,000,000	Restoring country, culture and community	Eurobodalla and Shoalhaven
2,078,769	Reconstruct the Mogo Local Aboriginal Land Council Office	Eurobodalla
998,522	ReGrowth: Connect, Create, Perform	Eurobodalla and Bega
44,650,518	Total

For further information on the projects visit: here