COVID-19 Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program (Phase 1) Guidelines

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Grant Name

Funder

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts

Australian Government

Country or Region

Australia

Research Field

Local Government

Deadline

31-Dec-2024

Grant Size

$500,000,000.00

Contact Info

LRCI Program Manager IIP@infrastructure.gov.au

Eligibility

The Eligible Funding Recipients for this grant program have been pre-identified. They are:

all local councils in Australia:
the ACT Government in lieu of a system of local government;
relevant state government, the shires of Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island and the Lord Howe Island Board that provide local council services to ‘unincorporated areas’ in Australia;
the NT Government for areas that were unincorporated until 2008 but are yet to transferred to the new councils; and
the Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning for the French Island.

Grant Number

GO4117

Description

The LRCI Program Phase 1 will run from 1 July 2020 to 31 December 2021, with projects required to be physically completed by 30 June 2021. The Program was announced as part of the Australian Government’s wider economic response to COVID-19.

The LRCI Program aims to assist a community-led recovery from COVID-19 by supporting local jobs, firms, and procurement. It expected that councils will use local businesses and workforces to deliver projects under the LRCI Program where possible to ensure stimulus funding flows into local communities.

The scope of the LRCI Program Phase 1 supports a broad range of Eligible Projects so communities can fund the infrastructure that they need, support businesses and create employment opportunities across their communities.

The objective of the LRCI Program is to stimulate additional infrastructure construction activity in local communities across Australia to assist communities to manage the economic impacts of COVID-19.

The intended outcomes of the LRCI Program are to:

provide stimulus to protect and create localshort-term employment opportunities through funded projects following the impacts of the COVID-19; and
deliver benefits to communities, such as improved road safety, accessibility and visual amenity.

Funding resources
Purdue Grant Writing Lab: Introduction to Grant Writing	Open Link
University of Wisconsin Writing Center: Planning and Writing a Grant Proposal	Open Link