ROADS, parks and projects to be included in a proposed $34 million stimulus program have been revealed.

At last month’s meeting, Light Regional Council approved a break-down of ‘shovel-ready’ initiatives it hopes to fund under its proposed ‘Light Stimulus Program’.

According to a staff report the program aims to stimulate the economy and create jobs as part of the COVID-19 recovery, and will look to be delivered over the next three years.

Funding will be distributed across three main areas of interest and include significant road resealing, investment in Kapunda tourism, and improvements to key recreational, community or operational sites.

A total of $8.8 million has been assigned to various tourism related projects, such as the Seppeltsfield Road Bike and Walking Path ($4.4 million) and the revitalisation of the Kapunda Railway Goods Shed precinct ($1.2).

A further $5.5 million has been allocated to Kapunda-specific tourism development, including upgrades to Clare Road and Mildred Street ($2 million each), South Terrace ($1 million) and the Historic Mine Site ($900,000).

$450,000 is envisioned for recreation upgrades at Hewett, Wasleys, Roseworthy and the Kapunda Swimming Pool, with another $150,000 allocated to installing further solar and a generator/or battery to power the entire FARM Centre, at Freeling.

A separate $450,000 will enable the expansion of council services to Hewett, while $2.5 million would be used to upgrade the ‘noncompliant’ Freeling Community Waste Management System (CWMS).

The historically-significant Angle Vale Bridge, which has fallen into a state of disrepair, has also been allocated $1.2 million for conservation works.

Meanwhile, 19 roads are proposed to be sealed at a cost of $11.9 million.

They include Gawler Belt’s Parkers Road (from Nottle to Wilkinson), Pinkerton Plains’ Coleman Road (Currie to Forrest) and the extension of Mudla Wirra Road to Owen Road, north of Wasleys.

As The Bunyip reported last month, council has approved a contribution of $13.5 million towards the stimulus program, and has applied for a further $16.5 million is state and federal funding to help make up the shortfall.

The motion to adopt the stimulus program was supported by nine councillors but saw three councillors, in Simon Zeller, David Mosley and Peter Kennelly, vote against it.