Author name: Dugald Saunders

Dubbo’s Morris Park Motorsport precinct users and spectators will benefit from funding from the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants Program. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders announced the Dubbo City Speedway Club has received $57,577 for new infrastructure from the latest round of ClubGrants funding. “This funding will be used by the club to install 5 grandstands with shade at the Morris Park Motorsports complex, with each grandstand having the capacity to seat 40 adults,” Mr Saunders said. “The club has previously been successful in receiving funding from the NSW Government’s Community Building Partnerships Program for the construction of a

Junior and senior cricketers in Dubbo will benefit from the refurbishment of Lady Cutler Southeast training nets, with South Dubbo Cricket Club receiving $66,215 from the NSW Government’s ClubGrants Category 3 Fund. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said the Infrastructure Grants are made possible through the ClubGrants Fund, which reinvests a contribution from the state’s registered clubs gaming machine profits back into community projects. “The Lady Cutler nets were in need of some love, and this funding will help provide it,” Mr Saunders said. “After a few years of upheaval due to the drought, mouse plague, and COVID-19,

A major milestone has been reached in the New Dubbo Bridge project with tenders called for the lead construction contractor to build the Australian and New South Wales Government-funded $220 million project. Tenders will be invited on 28 April 2022 and will be open for eight weeks, allowing the best proposals to come forward, the Deputy Prime Minister said. The successful head contractor for the main construction contract is expected to be announced by the end of 2022 with work set to start at the beginning of 2023. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Barnaby

A significant milestone has been reached in the NSW Government and Dubbo Regional Council funded multi-million dollar ‘Destination Dubbo – International Ready’ project, which includes the Old Dubbo Gaol Heritage Plaza development. Demolition of a building adjacent to the gaol signals major progress for the project. With the former building at 92 Macquarie Street all but demolished, the skyline immediately in front of the gaol has returned to what prisoners would have seen prior to the site being developed, giving a glimpse back in time to the gaol’s history. “This is a major milestone for the project,” said Dugald Saunders

People sleeping rough in Dubbo who have received accommodation and support through the NSW Government’s Together Home program will be helped into longer-term housing thanks to a more than $3.1 million partnership with Housing Plus. Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said the program will fund Housing Plus to deliver eight social housing properties in the region. “This transition program will assist our local Together Home tenants into longer-term social housing with wrap around support,” Mr Saunders said. “It builds on the work Housing Plus, specialist homelessness services and the community are doing to prevent and respond to homelessness