OFFICIAL OPENING OF TUNCURRY-FORSTER JOCKEY CLUB'S UPGRADED FACILITIES

I congratulate Tuncurry-Forster Jockey Club on recent improvements to the Tuncurry racecourse.

Tuncurry Forster Jockey Club received $689,000 under the former Federal Coalition Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program for upgrades to the intersection of Chapmans Road and the Club access road, as well as to seal an internal dirt road.

The major road resealing and widening on Chapmans Road, Tuncurry, improved safety and accessibility at the Tuncurry Racecourse for emergency vehicles, local businesses, jockey and sporting club users, racegoers and the general public.

The road sealing is critical for fire trucks to get better access to the large dam in the centre of the racecourse which is a natural aquifer and the largest source of freshwater in the Great Lakes area.

The sealed roads will allow quicker access for the RFS to re-fill their trucks at Tuncurry racecourse in emergency situations.

I’d like to take this opportunity to once again congratulate Club President Garry McQuillan and the Committee on the wonderful job and extraordinary amount of work they have done.

The facility really has put the region on the map.

Mr McQuillan says the Jockey Club is thankful for the grant.

He says the road improvements not only benefit the Jockey Club but bring broader benefits including more efficient access to the dam for firefighters during emergencies.

Mr McQuillan says the upgrade work is “very much for the community".