Weekly Advertiser | Horsham City Oval’s new pavilion will not go ahead after Horsham Rural City Council pulled the pin on the project.

At an unscheduled confidential meeting on Monday night, councillors debated the city oval pavilion funding agreement, which was in partnership with the Federal Government.

In January, it was announced that council had successfully been granted $4,805,000 in funding under round two of the government’s Growing Regions Program.

The previous council had applied for the funding last year.

Council would need to match the government funding for the $9.6-million project to proceed.

But Horsham Mayor Ian Ross said while council appreciated the government funding, the project ‘no longer aligns with council strategic priorities’.

“Changes of current economic circumstances within the community, including the current drought situation, cost of living pressures and the risk of increased costs associated with the Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund, means council has to think very carefully about how we allocate our funds,” he said.

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