Apr 20, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Lakes Entrance will benefit from a multi-million dollar Federal Government investment in projects to improve the Princes Highway including the first stage of works on Bullock Island. Local MP Darren Chester has secured $9 million for local projects that will boost...
Apr 20, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Building Safer Roads, Latest News
The Federal Government will help to fund more than $20 million of Princes Highway safety and infrastructure upgrades as part of a package of works stretching from Bairnsdale to Genoa. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and local MP Darren Chester made the...
Mar 27, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Latest News
Parklets along Commercial Road are now installed and providing pedestrians with additional seating, gathering spaces and brightly coloured gardens. Gippsland MP Darren Chester recently enjoyed a walk down Commercial Road to see the progress. “These parklets enhance...
Mar 25, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Latest News
Construction is well underway on the new rail bridge at Stratford as part of the $530 million upgrade of the Gippsland line. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester stopped at the viewing area at Apex Park recently to check progress on the new bridge across the...
Mar 25, 2020 | Building Safer Roads, Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester says work to seal a section of the Bonang Highway must get underway as a priority bushfire and Coronavirus recovery project. Mr Chester said local residents had waited for too long for 12 kilometres of the highway between Goongerah and Bonang,...
Mar 6, 2020 | Building Community Infrastructure, Latest News
Local MP Darren Chester says Gippslanders should be proud the Latrobe Creative Precinct will be a landmark honouring the importance of the local timber industry and the skill of its workers, past and present. Mr Chester stopped by the site recently as construction...
