Mar 27, 2020 | Latest News
Primary producers and small business owners in East Gippsland are being urged to access the financial assistance available to them as part of the bushfire recovery process. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said many businesses had not taken up the support...
Mar 27, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester says he is optimistic about securing funding for a multi-million upgrade of the Princes Highway in Sale, after meetings in Canberra this week. Mr Chester said the Wellington Shire Council plan to overhaul the streetscape,...
Mar 27, 2020 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester is supporting a $3 million bid for funding to replace the Bullock Island bridge at Lakes Entrance. The East Gippsland Shire Council is planning to replace the bridge which provides a critical link between the Lakes Entrance...
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 | Latest News
Work is now underway to restore the oval at Heyfield Primary School so it is safe for students to use when they return to school. Drought has created potholes and bare patches on the oval, creating a hazard for the school’s 195 pupils who like to run and play ball...
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,...
