Three community projects will be fast-tracked after Wingecarribee Shire Council successfully secured more than one million dollars in bushfire grant funding. A total of $1.04 million will be distributed from the Australian Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program to fund: The installation of water storage tanks at Canyonleigh, Bullio, High Range/Joadja and Penrose, Construction...
Wingecarribee Shire Council is finalising details on a multi-million-dollar mid-year make-over of Old South Road. A total of 9.3 kilometres of the road between Merrigang Street in Bowral and Aylmerton Road in Mittagong is slated for improvement. “We are fine-tuning final design details for what is a very complex project,” said Council’s Director of Service...
Wingecarribee Shire Council will clear thousands of tonnes bushfire damaged trees after securing $4.59 million in grant funding from the NSW Government Environment Protection Authority (EPA) – Bushfire Recovery Green Waste Program. Wingecarribee Shire Council was one of 15 regional councils to secure funding from the EPA to assist with the continued cleanup following the...
Wingecarribee Shire Council has successfully secured a grant from the State Government to help monitor the recovery of rare and threatened flora species across the Shire’s bushfire impacted areas. Council’s Director Communities and Place, Geoff King said the grant would assist Council and state government staff in protecting the Shire’s unique environment following the Black...
Wingecarribee Shire Council has subscribed to a comprehensive grant database to help identify and capture greater grant opportunities for the Southern Highlands. Council secured access to the grants database, entitled Grant Guru, through a licensing agreement with Regional Development Australia Southern Inland (RDASI). Council’s General Manager Lisa Miscamble explained the benefits. “The Grant Guru database...
