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PROMISES for the Bendigo Airport expansion and the showgrounds have come to naught in the aftermath of Labor's election defeat.
The ALP's Lisa Chesters pledged tens of millions of dollars for projects across the Bendigo electorate.
The Liberals did not promise any Bendigo-specific funding during the election.
Ms Chesters hoped the incoming government would adopt her plans for nearly $30 million worth of projects.
They included $4.4 million to expand Bendigo Airport's terminal, $2 million for a proposed hub to research road trauma and nearly $1 million for Bendigo showgrounds upgrades.
"That will be one of the first letters that I write to whoever their regional development minister is," Ms Chesters said.
Labor election commitments
- $5 million for Castlemaine District Community Health (Mount Alexander Health and Wellbeing Hub)
- $5 million for the Daylesford to Hanging Rock Rail Trail
- $4.4 million for the Bendigo Airport Terminal Expansion
- $2 million for the La Trobe Rural Road Trauma Research Hub
- $935,000 for the Bendigo Showgrounds Redevelopment
- $425,000 for change room upgrades at Ken Wust Oval
- $125,000 for lights at Canterbury Park
- $10 million for the long-awaited Macedon Ranges Regional Sports Precinct at New Gisborne
- $400,000 to the City of Greater Bendigo to top up funds to construct footpaths in Maiden Gully, Epsom and Strathfieldsaye
- $200,000 to the Macedon Ranges Shire to top up funds to construct footpaths in Kyneton
- $50,000 for multi-use outdoor space at Huntly Primary School
- $25,000 for JB Osborne Theatre upgrades at Crusoe College
- $210,000 over four years for emergency relief services at Cobaw Community Health
- $250,000 to the Mount Alexander Shire for female change rooms at Harcourt Recreation Reserve
It was still unclear who would become regional development minister in the incoming government.
"It's going to take a campaign, but we have been here before," Ms Chesters said.
She also pledged to work with community groups to help them secure any funding the new government made available.
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