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14 Feb 2022

Mayo community projects backed by National Bushfire Recovery Fund | Media Release

SENATOR ANDREW MCLACHLAN CSC
Senator for South Australia

The Australian Government has provided funding to local community projects across Mayo as part of the Black

Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program, with projects in the region receiving $9,169,165 in support.

Rebuilding community infrastructure and upgrading communications facilities on Kangaroo Island and carrying out road safety works in Cudlee Creek are among the 16 important projects funded in Mayo.

Senator for South Australia McLachlanCSC said the overall program funding was boosted by $110 million to $390 million to further support communities around Australia to recover from the 2019-20 bushfires.

“As part of the now $2.2 billion National Bushfire Recovery Fund, the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program is backing projects which affected communities have said will best support their ongoing recovery,” Senator McLachlan said.

“The grants will fund a broad range of recovery and resilience projects, from social and community wellbeing right through to projects that support local jobs, small businesses and infrastructure.

“It was important that we funded projects based on local needs and which offered the greatest impact for our recovering communities. These important projects identified and funded demonstrate the real strengths of a locally led approach.

“The impacts of the devastating Black Summer bushfires are still being felt in the Adelaide Hills and on Kangaroo Island. These grants will directly assist affected communities. I know firsthand from my volunteer work with Disaster Relief Australia in the Adelaide Hills that there are still many families hard at work rebuilding their lives and businesses. They must continue to be cared for and assisted by us all.

“Having also recently visited Kangaroo Island, I know much recovery work still remains and the Federal Government is committed to continue to support important community projects such as these.”

Local projects funded in Mayo include:

• Adelaide Hills: Protect farms from fuel load and water loss ($1,572,948.00)

• Adelaide Hills: Elevating the Hills - Adelaide Hills Sparkling Spring ($130,000.00)

• Adelaide Hills: Lenswood Park Court redevelopment ($95,889.00)

• Adelaide Hills: Building Back More Sustainable Vineyards in Adelaide Hills & Beyond ($100,000.00)

• Kangaroo Island: The Stokes Bay Community Hall Rebuild ($1,698,268.00)

• Kangaroo Island: Seed Potato Crop Development Project ($1,910,658.00)

• Kangaroo Island: Penneshaw Community Gym and Bushfire Last Resort Refuge Lighting upgrade

($225,470.00)

• Kangaroo Island: Shed for Space Project ($35,000.00)

• Kangaroo Island: Increasing public access to outdoor recreation in American River ($194,000.00)

• Kangaroo Island: Western Districts Sports Centre children's outdoor play space rebuild ($337,600.00)

• Kangaroo Island: American River Fuel Facility ($356,000.00)

• Kangaroo Island: Communications Upgrade ($1,758,232.00)

• Mount Barker: Wallis Recovery Mural and Augmented Reality ($70,000.00)

• Mount Barker: Harrogate Hall community connections and landscaping project ($135,100.00)

• Mount Barker: Agribusiness Support Program ($110,000.00)

• Mount Barker: MBDC Cudlee Creek Fire – Road Safety Recovery Project ($440,000.00)

Details of the funded projects are available on the National Recovery and Resilience Agency website at: https://recovery.gov.au/progra...

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