The Federal Government has promised a boost to local governments with this month's Federal Budget revealing a doubling of Roads to Recovery payments in the next financial year.

However, the injection of funds comes on the back of last year's decision to freeze indexation on Financial Assistance Grants and cuts by the State Government to the Country Roads and Bridges Program.

Ararat Rural City Council received a final quarterly payment of $210,913 in Roads to Recovery funding for the current financial year last week.

Mayor, Cr Paul Hooper said any injection of funds into local roads and infrastructure was welcome, but in the scheme of things last week's payment 'won't do a lot'.

"It is no secret that given our length of local road network, which is about 2,200 kilometres, we need a different type of funding model to maintain that amount of roads infrastructure to a level that our rural community expects it to be maintained to.

"Any amount of money we get given to us for infrastructure is appreciated, but is it ever going to be enough and could we do with more? We certainly could do with more."

Cr Hooper said the Federal Government's move to freeze indexation on its Financial Assistance Grants had hurt Ararat Rural City ratepayers.

"We need to look at this in the context that the State Government has already cut the Country Roads and Bridges Program, that was untied money that we could spend on whatever infrastructure asset we needed to," he said.

"The Federal Government has also frozen indexation on its Financial Assistance Grants and that on its own equates to a one percent rate rise for our ratepayers, for every year that freeze remains in place.

"So it isn't easy for us or any other rural council for that matter in that infrastructure space at the moment."

Last week's allocation of $210,913 means Ararat Rural City has received almost $1 million in Road to Recovery funding this financial year.

Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan said local roads and streets would benefit from the latest instalment of funding.

"Roads to Recovery is so appreciated by local councils because it allows them to direct local road funding to where it is needed most," Mr Tehan said.

"Our councils and the communities they serve rely on Roads to Recovery funding for local road construction and repairs, ensuring that local knowledge delivers local results.

"Excitingly, the Australian Government's 2015 Federal Budget detailed double Roads to Recovery allocation for the 2015-16 financial year - giving every council in Wannon double the funds over the next financial year.

"For councils across Wannon, this means double the funding to get on with important road and street works and more jobs for locals."

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the payments will deliver much-needed local road construction and street maintenance.

"These additional funds mean that each and every council will receive a double payment to accelerate local delivery of vital road maintenance projects," he said.

Mr Truss said Projects funded under the Roads to Recovery Programme are nominated by local councils according to local priorities.

"Our Roads to Recovery Programme allows councils across Australia to direct road construction and maintenance funding to where it is needed most, ensuring that local needs and knowledge choose the best local roads," he said.

"Councils are already planning for their double Roads to Recovery payment in the first quarter of the new financial year - doubling the benefits and creating more jobs in local communities across Australia."