Council was successful in obtaining a $1,600,000 grant through the Australian Government’s Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program (HVSPP) Round 8.
With a council co-contribution of $540,000 it gives a project total of $2,150,000 to allow about 4kms additional work on Federation Way.
Federation Council’s director engineering services Steve Carmichael advised of the grant council’s latest monthly meeting, in Urana, on January 31.
“Grant funding for Federation Way is being spent initially on a section from the end of previous work on Fed Way back into the Daysdale Village,” he said.
“We will then re-commence further works on this project after the winter to allow us to concentrate on other urgent flood damage work.”
The specific use of all the funding around Daysdale is being discussed by council’s engineering department staff in view of some bad road areas around Emu Park and Coreen.
Mr Carmichael said council could receive substantial funding in the second round of state government funding following the first-round funding covering the enormous number of potholes caused by the extreme weather, particularly last November.
“The community will be provided with regular updates throughout the course of the project,” he concluded.
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