Five projects across the Lockyer Valley Regional Council (LVRC) area will receive a share of more than $290 million in Australian Government funding under Round 5 of the Bridges Renewal Program (BRP) and Round 7 of the Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program (HVSPP). Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport and Federal Member…
Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz and State Member for Lockyer, Jim McDonald recently caught up with President of the Gatton Show Society, Katherine Raymont to hear how plans are progressing for the grounds refurbishments. Mr Buchholz said Show Societies and the events they host and support, like the annual Ag Shows, expo’s, market…
Federal Member for Wright Scott Buchholz has announced the Australian Government is providing a $290,000 funding boost to support tourism and attract domestic visitors to the Scenic Rim, to support the region in response to last summers bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Buchholz said the funding was part of the broader bushfire package being…
INVESTING IN A BETTER BEECHMONT ROAD A joint project of the Australian Government and Scenic Rim Regional Council is delivering upgrades to Beechmont Road. Works recently completed on stage one of the upgrades, were funded in large part through the Australian Governments Roads to Recovery program. Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz…
The Australian Government is continuing to back the drought-affected Lockyer Valley, with $22,089 to support the upgrade of the Glenore Grove Public Hall. The project was one of many across drought affected regional Australia, sharing in over $1.1 million in Federal funding under the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal’s Tackling Tough Times Together program.…
Binna Burra Road is to be reopened under traffic control, today (Monday, August 31) with final works expected to continue until October 2020, weather and site conditions permitting. The reopening of public access marks an important recovery milestone for the community and local tourism after last year’s devastating bushfires. Federal Member for Wright and Assistant…
Against a backdrop of Coronavirus related public health restrictions, the team at Binna Burra Lodge have been working diligently to restore some ‘normality’, post fire and in the midst of a pandemic. Almost twelve months on from the Black Summer Bushfires, when the historic Binna Burra Lodge was encircled by raging fire and lost, the…
Motorists’ patience with ‘roads works’ resulting from significant investments in bridge upgrades across the Scenic Rim, is now being repaid in better, safer travel. Continued works on regional bridge and road networks as a result of a joint funding arrangement between the Australian Government and Scenic Rim Regional Council, has delivered bridge upgrades in…
Students at St Mary’s Beaudesert now have a safer space to wait for the afternoon bus, thanks to the Australian Governments Local Schools Community Fund. Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz recently visited St Mary’s to meet with Principal Kevin Billion and student leaders, before being shown the new shelter. Mr Buchholz said it was…
Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz has announced the Australian Government has opened grants for farmers under the Smart Farms Small Grants program. Mr Buchholz said funding of up to $100,000 was available to farmers in Wright, to support their natural resource management efforts. “This has been a very popular program that has…