Braidwood received $2,450,000 out of the $9 million Stronger Communities Funding announced at a council meeting on Wednesday night.
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$500,000 was allocated for improvements to Wallace Street and the Braidwood CBD. This follows council’s consultation with the community, which sought to understand what the community want from the main street. Lascelles Street also received funding amounting to $800,000.
Braidwood and Captains Flat pools received funding of $400,000, which the council is hoping to supplement with a grant from the Building Better Regions Fund.
The Braidwood Recreation Ground received $300,000 worth of funding, for Stage 2 of the planned improvements. The Servicemen’s Club was allocated $45,000 towards water storage infrastructure, to drought proof the club.
Around the region, key funding allocations were for improvements to the Bungendore Recreation Ground ($1,500,000), to Abbeyfield Ages Accomodation Centre in Bungendore ($500,000), for the construction of a river path and foot bridge over the Queanbeyan River ($760,000), for the refurbishment of Rusten House in Queanbeyan ($550,000) and for a wet play area at Queanbeyan Aquatic Centre ($450,000).
Bungendore’s town centre was also allocated $500,000 for improvements.
This was the second round of funding from the $10 million stronger Communities Fund, available as part of the amalgamation of the Queanbeyan and Palerang regional councils. The first round Stronger Communities Fund grants were allocated to community groups last year.