UPDATE:
Money has been set aside in this year’s state budget to build the long-awaited primary school in the booming suburb of Burnside and to acquire land for a new school in Eynesbury.
The state government unveiled its 2017/18 budget on Tuesday, announcing a spending splurge in health, education, public transport and domestic violence services.
But Melton and Moorabool has all but missed out on the cash splash.
The state government will spend $50 million over two years for the Growing Suburbs Fund, essentially slashing it in half, to help outer suburban councils, including Melton, build infrastructure.
There was also no commitments for the Ferris Road grade separations or a railway station at Toolern Park that Melton council identified as being top priority projects.
Many items on Moorabool council’s wishlist, including money for the Parwan Employment Precinct and the re-opening of the Gordon railway station, were also ignored.
But the state government announced it would set aside $3 million in this year’s budget for the Bacchus Marsh traffic improvements project.
Money has also been allocated for:
- A primary school at Burnside,
- A secondary school at Taylors Hill West,
- Land for a new school at Eynesbury,
- Upgrades to facilities at Kurunjang Primary School, Melton Secondary College, Melton specialist school, Diggers Rest Primary School and Bacchus Marsh College,
- State Emergency Service headquarters at Caroline Springs,
- Three new parks at Kororoit Creek, and
- Land for a new ambulance station at Melton
The budget was much leaner than last year’s that delivered record investment in Melton and Moorabool, including the $518 million upgrade of the Ballarat railway line.
EARLIER:
Money has been set aside in this year’s state budget to build the long-awaited primary school in the booming suburb of Burnside and to acquire land for a new school in Eynesbury.
The state government unveiled its 2017/18 budget on Tuesday, announcing a spending splurge in health, education, public transport and domestic violence services.
But Melton and Moorabool has all but missed out on the cash splash.
The state government has slashed $25 million from the Growing Suburbs Fund to help outer suburban councils, including Melton, build infrastructure, and there wasn’t any commitment to fund the Ferris Road grade separations or a railway station at Toolern Park.
Many items on Moorabool council’s wishlist were also ignored. But the state government announced it would set aside $3 million in this year’s budget for the Bacchus Marsh traffic improvements project.
The budget was much leaner than last year’s that delivered record investment in Melton and Moorabool, including the $518 million upgrade of the Ballarat railway line.
More to come.
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Melton and Moorabool councils’ wishlist
