Runs on the board for Calare

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALARE

Supported our communities around the clock during the Black Summer Bushfires

√  $15 million commitment for Bathurst multi-storey carpark at Bathurst RSL Club to support new medical centre

√  $29.8 million for the Dixons Long Point Crossing – project has gone out to tender

√  $54.8 million for the new CSU medical school and research facility

√ MRI scans claimable on Medicare at Bathurst, Lithgow and Mudgee hospitals

√  $14 million for highway upgrades between Lithgow, Bathurst and Orange 

√  $12.5 million for a second racetrack at Mount Panorama

√  $2 billion for Great Western Highway Upgrade

√  $5.4 million for improved streetscapes in Canowindra, Lithgow and Molong

√  $4.9 million for Oberon’s new Sports and Community complex (Federal/NSW)

√  $4 million in extra funding for local headspace mental health services

√  $3.14 million for upgrades at Blayney’s CentrePoint Sport and Leisure Centre, King George Oval and Belubula River Walk

√  $11.5 million for the Glen Willow sporting precinct in Mudgee

√  $1.5 million for intergenerational childcare centre at Wellington’s Maranatha House

√  Fruit bat/ hail netting for our local orchardists

√  $225,000 for Molong Multi-Sports Facility

√  40 new mobile blackspot towers/base stations

√  $380,000 for the rebuild of Glenray Industries, Bathurst 

√  $1.56 million for expansion of Kanandah Retirement Mudgee

√  Millions for upgrades on Arkstone, Burraga and Campbells River Roads

√  $181,818 for Bathurst’s War Memorial Carillon

√  $14.7 million for Mission Australia’s Benjamin Short Grove Aged Care facility

√ $11.4 million for expanding and supporting aged care facilities in Lithgow

√  $10.9 million for the Manildra Solar Farm

√  $12 million for the Orange Southern Feeder Road Project

√  $930,500 for Bathurst and Mudgee crisis accommodation

√  Millions for sealing 16.8km of bus routes in Mid-Western LGA

√  $1.2 million for CCTV in Orange, Bathurst and Wellington

√  Breaking down overseas export barriers for our local orchardists

√  Calare Community Care COVID-19 initiative: Checked on over 5,000 local residents during lockdowns

√  Decentralisation of two federal government departments/branches

√  Lithgow Aged Care saved

√  $5.3 million for production line upgrades and more jobs at Allied Timber Mill, Bathurst

√  $1.5 million for Mudgee Cultural Precinct

√  $150,000 for Gulgong Red Hill Mining Experience

√  $308,175 for an education function centre at the Australian National Field Days site at Borenore

√  $10.8 million for bridge renewal projects across the region

√  $738,101 for constructing a new pedestrian footbridge linking Cameron Park and Pioneer Park in Wellington

√  $200,000 for new synthetic courts at Wattle Flat Recreation Ground

√  $117,396 for resurfacing courts at East Molong Tennis Club

√  $238,400 for Millthorpe’s Golden Memories Museum

√  $480,000 for expanding Wallerawang Bowling Club

√  $10 million for new Orange Conservatorium and Planetarium

√  $2.235 million for Lithgow Blast Furnace Park

√  Millions for safety upgrades on the Castlereagh and Mid-Western Highways

√  $3.3 million for improvements at Bathurst Airport

√  $560,000 for piped water for the Stuart Town community

√  $954,250 for the construction of the new Bathurst Rail Museum

√  $200,000 for improvements at Wellington’s Kennard Park, home of the Cowboys

√  $500,000 for Oberon Visitor Information Centre upgrade

√  Improved overtaking/safety on Cargo Road

√  $1.9 million for The Orchard crisis accommodation centre in Orange

√  $19.75 million in federal funding for bushfire recovery projects in the Lithgow, Mid-Western and Oberon LGAs

√  More than $1.6 million to support childcare centres in Calare

√  $600,000 for upgrades at O'Connell Recreation Ground

√  $925,000 for the Bathurst Animal Rehoming Centre

√  $492,410 for construction of Eugowra Community Centre at the Showground

√  $60 million in federal funding to deliver drought relief and COVID-19 recovery to our local councils for local projects

√  Record Australian Government funding for hospitals, schools, childcare and the NDIS