While there were no promises for specific projects in this area, Wodonga mayor Rodney Wangman and Wangaratta Council administrator Ailsa Fox yesterday said they were keen to see the government’s broader pledges met.

The Andrews government promised to provide $100 million specifically for the use of 10 Regional Cities Victoria cities — that include Wodonga and Wangaratta.

That’s on top of a promise to re-introduce the regional development fund — replacing the former Coalition government’s regional growth fund.

The government has yet to say how much money will be allocated to this fund.

There also was a promise of $1 billion to spend on regional roads and bridges.

North East councils have been pushing for that money to be confirmed, stressing it was vital to allow councils to maintain their road networks.

Ms Fox said Wangaratta had been receiving about $1 million a year in road funding and was keen to see it continue.

Confirmation of the regional cities’ funding was also expected, she said.

“We’ll be looking for the outcome of that and details of how it will be delivered.

“We’re doing the master plan for our central business district at the moment, so if we’re able to get some of this money, we would be able to put into practice some of the ideas out of that,” Ms Fox said.

Cr Wangman agreed.

“We’re certainly looking forward to the confirmation that the $100 million fund is there,” he said.

“The focus for us is the continuing development of the central business district, and to have support for businesses that might want to be part of the future growth of Logic.”

Cr Wangman said the council was also looking on funding for such essential services as libraries and school crossings.

“We would hope that funding will be better than in recent years — equal to or better than CPI,” he said.

“Funding for most of those services has been stagnant or less than CPI.”