By Kate Bonsack
HOBSONS Bay City Council will receive more than $1 million to improve the safety of local roads.
The funds of $1.7 million will be allocated to the council over a five-year period from the Federal Government’s Roads to Recovery program.
The funding will help the council maintain and upgrade local roads.
Gellibrand MP Nicola Roxon said it was a significant investment in the safety and condition of local roads.
“It will also support local jobs and businesses during the current global recession,” she said.
“The funding is untied, with councils able to spend their allocations on the local priorities identified by local communities."
Hobsons Bay City Council director of works and assets Phillip McDonald said the council would receive $341,000 each year over the next five years.
“It will be allocated to a particular road project when the local road rehabilitation program is finalised for each of the next five years,” he said.
The next road rehabilitation program will be finalised alongside the 2009-2010 budget.
