End of Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program Phases 1, 2 and 3

Councils have until 31 December 2024 to submit final reports for payment of their remaining funding allocations under Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program.

Unless councils have already been granted an extension to their grant agreement and work schedule, construction activity on eligible projects under Phase 1, 2 or 3 should have been finalised by 30 June 2024 and annual reports submitted by 31 October 2024.

Please contact the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts as soon as possible by email to [email protected] if you have any concerns about meeting these timeframes.

The LRCI Program started in 2020 as part of the Australian Government’s wider economic response to COVID-19. The initial program was expanded to be delivered across four phases, and Phases 1, 2 and 3 were extended several times to assist local governments to overcome early set-backs to delivery caused by supply-chain and labour shortages, and severe weather events.  

Councils have now been provided a total of 4 years for construction under Phase 1, 3.5 years under Phase 2, and 2.5 years for projects to be delivered in Phase 3 of the LRCI program. 

Projects funded under Phase 4 of the LRCI Program are required to be physically completed with all LRCI funding expended (using accrual accounting) by 30 June 2025. Final payments will be made in 2025-26 before the program closes on 30 June 2026.

Further information is available at Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program resources | Infrastructure Investment Program.