PHOTO: Tripartite Agreement Pilot Program aims to streamline road repair by giving councils funding before works begin.
Lachlan roads will see better days after the NSW government confirmed it injected $9 million for the local shire under the Tripartite Agreement Pilot Program.
The agreement, signed between Lachlan Shire Council, NSW Reconstruction Authority and Transport for NSW in June this year, is aimed at giving better funding certainty for disaster repair projects, known as Essential Public Asset Restorations (EPAR) under the program.
It’s part of $64 million confirmed by the NSW government for road and infrastructure repair, shared between six western councils including Forbes, Parkes and Lithgow, which they can access before works begin…