Murray Bridge council watch: Council pulls Regional Development Australia funding
Plus questions are asked about electric vehicle charging and a road gets a new name at Sunnyside.
Council pulls Regional Development Australia funding
Nine months after pulling most of its funding for Regional Development Australia Murraylands and Riverland, the Murray Bridge council has gone one step further.
Councillors voted last year to reduce the councilās annual contribution to RDA by $100,000, and followed up this month by pulling the remaining $20,000, too.
The two organisations will continue to cooperate on projects that will benefit the region, but without any direct funding going from one to the other.
RDA CEO Ben Fee had proposed spending the council funds on a report into the success of the Murray River Study Hub, with an eye on attracting Nepalese students to study and live in Murray Bridge.
However, the council decided instead to spend the money on its own economic development activities, centred on the Murraylands Skills Centre on Bridge Street.
Fee will apply for EV charging from July 1
Why is the Murray Bridge council still providing free electric vehicle charging outside its Seventh Street office?
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