Perth Voice Interactive

BEAUFORT STREET’S southern regions have always found funding love, from Vincent and Stirling councils pouring in cash to the old festival to the WA government splashing out big for road upgrades.

The stretch in the northern ends near Inglewood has sometimes felt like the second favourite child, but retiring federal Perth MP Alannah MacTiernan wants to spread the love north with the “Beautifying Beaufort” project, securing $20,000 of federal funding for Inglewood on a Beaufort community group that’s handing the plan.

She says when “Ben Kent from from Inglewood on Beaufort contacted us, we were keen to help.

“We had seen the extraordinary success Ben, Vince Garreffa [from Mondos] and all the crew have made of the Monday night street markets, and we want to see this work continue.”

The cash comes from the Stronger Communities program which gives federal MPs $150,000 a year to allocate to community projects, and covers about half of the $38,000 needed for new murals, bike racks, street furniture and tree lighting.

by DAVID BELL