It’s so good to see the state government getting on track and at last delivering $100,000 to fund Euroa’s rail precinct master plan.
The community has long pressed for a voice at the table so the precinct’s redevelopment, as a result of Australian Rail Track Corporation’s Inland Rail project, connects residents and benefits the town’s historic heart.
Strathbogie Shire Council put the request for funding to me in August 2021, and a few weeks later I asked Public Transport Minister Ben Carroll MP to meet with the council.
I listed the council’s request for funding in my state budget talks with Treasurer Tim Pallas MP in February and afterwards with Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan when she committed to look at the issue with her department. And I put the request to her again in Parliament on August 30.
Congratulations to Strathbogie council, which is also contributing $30,000 towards the plan costs, and community for your persistence.
Tania Maxwell MP
Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party
Member for Northern Victoria
Wangaratta
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