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Queanbeyan City Council welcomed the announcement for a $250,000 upgrade of Queanbeyan Showground and park along with more than $60,000 to seal the Taylor Park car park.

“Council is delighted to have received $313,000 in funding under the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program Round 2,” spokesman Ricky Tozer said.

At the showground the trotting track will be removed and re-grassing will take place along with improvements to the arena, construction of a new entrance gate and ticket box, and landscaping of Glebe Avenue.

As for Queanbeyan Park, playground equipment will be upgraded.

Friends of the Showground chairman Sue Jarvis said the funding was a great boost.

“I think the funding is fantastic, really fantastic,” she said.

“It will enable this area to be transformed for multiple uses. I think Queanbeyan is starting to value this asset.”

The showground has benefited from several improvements over the past year, with a new toilet block, refurbished cattle yards, new entrance gates on Farrer Place and resurfaced internal roads.

Mr Tozer said the funding would further enhance Queanbeyan's favourite public areas.

Meanwhile $63,000 will be spent on resealing the Taylor Park car park.

“Taylor Park is quickly becoming Queanbeyan's premier sporting precinct,” Mr Tozer said. “Council is currently calling for tenders for the Indoor Sports Centre, which will be built at Taylor Park, while work has commenced on a new two-storey rugby union clubhouse.”

Member for Eden-Monaro Mike Kelly said these projects were likely to produce more employment opportunities for Queanbeyan residents.

“The funding we've announced today will keep more people working in our community, it will support our local economy, and importantly, it will build local infrastructure for the future,” he said. “The projects announced today (Monday) ... were put forward by local councils as local community priorities, instead of being determined from Canberra.”