Grant to Improve Boolarra's Railway Park
Issue Number 130 ~ August 14, 2014 CHURCHILL & DISTRICT NEWS Established 1966 Distributed Free Study Learnt - p 14 Gum Leaf Quilters - p 15 Looking Back - p 18, 19 LV Trathlon Club - p 27 Grant to improve Boolarra’s Railway Park The Victorian Government is investing upgrading Railway Park should attract even enhance the park and tourism experience for billion of total investment across almost 1500 $140,000 from the $1 billion Regional Growth more users. The project involves landscaping, people visiting and living in our region,” Mr projects.” Fund in a project to upgrade and beautify the building a more functional path network for O’Brien said. In Latrobe City, the Regional Growth Railway Park in Boolarra. greater accessibility, upgrading existing park The Victorian Government funding Fund has invested $16.6 million to support Member for Morwell, Russell Northe, said furniture and facilities, painting existing towards the $210,000 Railway Park Boolarra 57 projects, leveraging $59.3 million in total the project would include universal design structures and installing new screens, renewing Upgrades and Beautifi cation project will be investment. Those projects include: features, enhance the aesthetics of the area, and and adding new park furniture including provided through the Regional Growth Fund $1,100,000 towards the $1,550,000 Moe attract further visitors to the area. bicycle infrastructure, and public art. to Latrobe City Council, which will contribute Outdoor Pool Refurbishment project “Boolarra Park is strategically positioned The works will be carried out by $70,000. $600,000 towards the $683,514 Gippsland at the head of the Grand Ridge Rail Trail and contractors and suppliers appointed by Latrobe “The Regional Growth Fund is investing in Plains Rail Trail Traralgon - Glengarry project is very popular with tourists and cyclists,” Mr City Council, creating local jobs.” community-led projects to strategically drive $1,500,000 towards the $2,000,000 Northe said.
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