Over the past 18 months, Cessnock City Council has been successful in obtaining government funding and other grants to support local bushfire and flood recovery activities and initiatives. Large portions have been directed to fixing roads and bridges impacted by bushfires and floods, as well as to tourism projects to support bringing more visitors to the region.
Other grants have funded projects that improve the preparedness of our bushfire impacted communities. This has included risk mitigation upgrades to community halls in Laguna and Wollombi, improving road and property signs to assist with navigation of emergency vehicles, and upskilling our residents in First Aid and chainsaw use.
The National Resilience and Recovery Agency (NRRA) is providing another opportunity for the Cessnock Local Government Area (LGA) to benefit from up to $1.6 million in grant funding for projects that:
- Support recovery and resilience of our communities.
- Build stronger communities by supporting social, economic and built environment recovery.
- Empower local communities to address bushfire recovery priorities, including through the creation of jobs, sustainable infrastructure and community investment targeted at the specific needs of the community.
- Rebuilding and growing the economy of the local communities impacted by the bushfires.
