The bushfire impacted Wollondilly region will receive a critical boost to their recovery from almost $4 million in funding for four local projects.
They include a $920,120 upgrade to the playground at Picton Botanic Gardens to include an inclusive play space and shade shelters at seven additional facilities in the Wollondilly LGA.
Also, $986,570 to upgrade the community co-working space in the old Picton Post Office and $981,727 to fund the Local Skills Ready Program to boost employment.
The fourth grant is $919,206 and will go towards the provision of practical support to bushfire impacted communities across to the Blue Mountains.
These projects are the latest to be announced as part of more than $500 million jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments to support locally led bushfire recovery initiatives.
The local federal member, Angus Taylor, said all four projects selected from this region had been put forward by the community, with funding focused on local solutions and local needs.
“These projects were identified by those communities that were impacted by the bushfires and will make a big difference locally, creating opportunities to increase tourism, employment and providing a boost to the economy,” said the Hume MP and energy minister in the Morrison Government.
Funding for such projects is just one of the initiatives supported by the Australian Government’s national bushfire recovery fund.
To date, more than $2.3 billion in Australian Government support has been provided to help bushfire affected communities, including $1.6 billion spent so far from the national bushfire recovery fund.
Over 80 per cent of the available funding has been used to help communities recover from the 2019-20 bushfires.
Details of successful local economic recovery projects in NSW – and across other states – are available on the National Recovery and Resilience Agency website at http://www.recovery.gov.au/our-community/local-bushfire-recovery-projects
