{"id":2440,"date":"2016-12-22T01:08:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T15:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/2016\/12\/22\/coalition-delivers-on-job-creating-infrastructure-for-east-bairnsdale\/"},"modified":"2017-10-26T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:14:42","slug":"coalition-delivers-on-job-creating-infrastructure-for-east-bairnsdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/coalition-delivers-on-job-creating-infrastructure-for-east-bairnsdale\/","title":{"rendered":"COALITION DELIVERS ON JOB-CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EAST BAIRNSDALE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>December 21, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A $3 million project to create a wetland and solve flooding issues in East Bairnsdale has been officially opened, paving the way for new development and the creation of local jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the East Bairnsdale Enabling Infrastructure Improvement Project focussed on fixing drainage issues in area adjacent to Patties Foods, north of the Princes Highway.<\/p>\n<p>Two wetland retarding basins were built, interlinked by a combination of landscaped drainage, outfall pipes and road culverts. A public walking path and footbridges around the wetland closest to the highway were also constructed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project will relieve the flooding issues that have restricted expansion plans for Patties, which would create more jobs for the region, \u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, fixing the drainage issues in this part of the Broadlands will support the potential development of 900 residential lots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An independent business case analysis showed the project had the ability to unlock development, generating an additional $14 million of gross regional product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatties is one of Gippsland\u2019s largest employers with 500 staff. We must support a longterm future for Patties and create the opportunities for the business to expand,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drainage project will also improve water quality in the Gippsland Lakes by reducing the amount of nutrients entering the lakes system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Chester said the Coalition Government had committed $1 million towards the project in 2013, and was supported by the previous Coalition State Government with a $1.7 million commitment.<\/p>\n<p>East Gippsland Shire Council contributed $500,000, with more than $1 million worth of support from Patties Foods and Broadlands Estate combined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>December 21, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A $3 million project to create a wetland and solve flooding issues in East Bairnsdale has been officially opened, paving the way for new development and the creation of local jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the East Bairnsdale Enabling Infrastructure Improvement Project focussed on fixing drainage issues in area adjacent to Patties Foods, north of the Princes Highway.<\/p>\n<p>Two wetland retarding basins were built, interlinked by a combination of landscaped drainage, outfall pipes and road culverts. A public walking path and footbridges around the wetland closest to the highway were also constructed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,46],"tags":[2848],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenchester.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}