Lake Macq road funding

The Commonwealth Government has given Lake Macquarie City Council an extra $6.6 million boost for local road upgrades.

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00:00Residents talk to me all the time about the need for all levels of government to work

00:05together more effectively.

00:06They don't care who solves it but they want government to work together to solve their

00:10challenges and one of the most common ones is the state of roads and footpaths in our

00:15community.

00:16We're a growing community and people want quality of life and that's why I'm delighted

00:20to announce today with Adam Schultz, Mayor of Lake Macquarie City Council, a 75% increase

00:26in federal funding for Lake Macquarie City Council through the Roads to Recovery program.

00:31We're standing here on Elizabeth Parade and you just have to look around to see the need

00:35for repairs to this road and better drainage.

00:38The next five years, this funding that the federal government has provided will be able

00:42to be prioritised for roads that need to be rehabilitated.

00:47As you can see here in Elizabeth Parade, we've got road rehabilitation, we've got new drainage

00:54and we've got beautiful new footpaths.

00:56We've got a new road that's going to be built and we've got a new road that's going to be

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01:18and we've got a new road that's going to be built and we've got a new road that's going

01:21to be built and we've got a new road that's going to be built and we've got a new road