Nicolle Flint (Boothby, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am delighted that my community in my electorate of Boothby will benefit from almost $2 million in Roads to Recovery funding to build and maintain local roads to create better access for residents. Roads to Recovery is a commonsense program that takes the bureaucracy out of road funding, putting decision-making in the hands of local government so resources are directed to where they're needed the most.

The City of Holdfast Bay, which takes in some of Adelaide's best coastline, will receive $226,000 for two projects in Seacliff and Seacliff Park to reconstruct kerbs and reseal asphalt. The City of Marion, in the heart of Boothby, will receive $312,000 for three resurfacing and rehabilitation works in Warradale, Seacombe Gardens and Mitchell Park. The leafy City of Mitcham, nestled at the base of the Mitcham hills, is receiving $1.3 million for roadworks in Clapham, Lower Mitcham and Daw Park.

This funding is so important to us in South Australia because the dysfunctional Weatherill Labor government has a road maintenance backlog of $1 billion. That is right: $1 billion. State Labor can't balance a budget. They have destroyed our state's finances. Therefore, it is once again the responsibility of the federal Liberal government to fix local problems. The Roads to Recovery funding will assist the cities of Holdfast Bay, Marion and Mitcham to do just that.