Goulburn’s waste water will be used to green local sporting fields if council is successful in securing funding under the Federal Government’s Building Better Regions program.

In a visit to Carr Confoy Oval on Wednesday, Mr Taylor threw his support behind a next-stage water re-use infrastructure project for local parks and sports fields, costed at $9 million. Council is seeking 50% of the project funding from the Federal Government.

This would follow the $30 million recent upgrade of the Wastewater Plant, to which the Federal Government contributed $10 million.

Mr Taylor said the Coalition Government was investing heavily in the growth corridor around Goulburn.

“While it’s not known if council’s Round 3 funding applications will be successful or not, facilities like the Treatment Plant are the foundation for Goulburn’s next decade of growth,” Mr Taylor said.

“I strongly support infrastructure that promotes economic growth in the region, encourages small businesses to expand, new businesses to start up locally, and creates jobs.”

Mayor Bob Kirk said the new Wastewater Treatment Plant was now fully operational.

“The plant produces an extremely clean water product that is very close to a potable standard. In future, we hope to be re-using this on sporting grounds and parks throughout Goulburn,” Mr Kirk said.

Round 3 Building Better Regions Fund applications closed in mid November 2018 with the Federal Government currently considering all applications.

Mr Taylor said Federal funding for capital works in the Goulburn Mulwaree region had topped $80 million over the past five years – including major capital works projects, bridge and road upgrades, mobile phone towers, the NBN rollout, Goulburn Headspace, the Country University Centre, tourism facilities, smaller community capital works, as well as recurrent Federal roads funding.

Caption: Angus Taylor and Mayor Bob Kirk are looking to green Goulburn’s sporting fields with recycled water from the Wastewater Treatment Plant. An application for $4.45 million has been lodged with the Federal Government’s Building Better Regions Fund.