$10.3m betterment program fix for Douglas Shire’s roads

The Far
North Queensland Shire of Douglas is getting than $10 million to repair,
rebuild and reinforce infrastructure damaged by the devastating monsoon trough
of early last year.

The money
for the projects is coming from the 2019 Betterment program jointly funded by
the Federal and Queensland Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding
Arrangements (DRFA).

The three
projects which improvement works will be delivered across are:

• Donovan
  Range, $3.9 million;
• Zig
  Zag Road, $3.297 million; and
• Bloomfield
  Track, $3.495 million.

Federal
Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud said: “We know that we will be
visited by extreme weather more frequently in the future, so it is important
that we invest in the resilience of our communities.”  

Queensland
Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local
Government and Planning Steven Miles said: “Unfortunately, Queensland often
bears the brunt of natural disasters, it’s been a horror year and we need to
prepare for the worst ahead of tropical cyclone and bushfire season.”

Click here for the 2019 Betterment Program guidelines.