Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor has welcomed an announcement of $4.73 million for the Wingecarribee local government area under the Federal Coalition’s Roads to Recovery program, from 2019-20 through until 2023-24. 

Mr Taylor said the Roads to Recovery program provided councils with the ability to upgrade local roads, to improve safety and boost local economic growth.

One of the projects that will receive $512,955 in Federal funding under the program is the removal of the bridge deck over Bundanoon Creek on Meryla Road.

“This funding will see the bridge abutments rebuilt out of concrete piers and the decking will be supported with new guardrails. The gravel road approaches will also be widened,” Mr Taylor said.

Other local projects to benefit from Roads to Recovery funding include:

• Narellan Road at Moss Vale, sealing, kerb and guttering and a new parking lane - $270,000 Federal contribution.

• Tugalong Road at Canyonleigh – reshaping pavement and improving table drains $200,000 Federal contribution.

“More than $3 billion has been invested in Hume infrastructure in the past five years - roads, bridges, the nbn rollout, major capital works, mobile phone towers, smaller community projects - since the Coalition has been in government,” Mr Taylor said.

“We are investing heavily in the Hume growth corridor, in and around Wingecarribee, to create jobs, to encourage small businesses to expand and new businesses to start up, to build a strong economy.”

Caption: Improvements to the bridge deck and approaches to Bundanoon Creek will take place with funding under the Federal Roads to Recovery program.