{"id":9985,"date":"2021-01-21T04:38:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T04:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2021-01-21T04:38:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T04:38:38","slug":"nsw-crown-land-gets-51-million-funding-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/21\/nsw-crown-land-gets-51-million-funding-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW CROWN LAND GETS $51 MILLION FUNDING BOOST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government will provide a record $51.7 million from its Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) to maintain and upgrade Crown reserves and community facilities across the State.<br \/>\nMinister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey said this year\u2019s fund has received a $40 million stimulus boost to support communities impacted by bushfires and COVID with infrastructure improvements to support jobs and local economies.<br \/>\n\u201cLast year the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund supported about 345 projects across NSW and this year\u2019s stimulus boost will more than double the number of projects to 705,\u201d Mrs Pavey said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Crown Reserves Improvement Fund will support projects right across NSW which will contribute to the cultural, sporting and recreational life of hundreds of communities.<br \/>\n\u201cIt will support residents with quality open recreational space by maintaining and improving reserves and supporting bushfire, noxious weed and pest control to keep Crown land safe and functional and to protect the environment.\u201d<br \/>\nMinister for Planning and Public Spaces Rob Stokes said CRIF projects include improvements to nature reserves, public halls, surf life-saving facilities, Scout and Girl Guide halls, showgrounds, caravan parks, amenities blocks, PCYC clubs, racecourses, playground equipment and more.<br \/>\n\u201cCrown land is for the people of NSW to use and enjoy, and to support organisations at the heart of our communities,\u201d Mr Stokes said.<br \/>\n\u201cAcross the State, Crown land provides space for local parks and nature reserves and a home for community organisations like showgrounds, surf life-saving clubs, Scouts, Girl Guides, RSPCA, PCYC, Rural Fire Service and SES groups.<br \/>\n\u201cThis record $51.7 million investment will protect and enhance Crown land while stimulating local economies with work for tradespeople.\u201d<br \/>\nFor more information visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reservemanager.crownland.nsw.gov.au\/funding\/crif\">https:\/\/reservemanager.crownland.nsw.gov.au\/funding\/crif<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government will provide a record $51.7 million from its Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) to maintain and upgrade Crown reserves and community facilities across the State. Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey said this year\u2019s fund has received a $40 million stimulus boost to support communities impacted by bushfires and COVID &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/21\/nsw-crown-land-gets-51-million-funding-boost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW CROWN LAND GETS $51 MILLION FUNDING BOOST&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9985\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}