The Werribee Football Club is hopeful the redevelopment of Chirnside Park will be one of the projects included in a new state government fund to help interface councils build infrastructure.
The fund was announced in the state budget and provides Melbourne’s 10 interface councils with a share of $50 million.
Tigers chief executive Mark Penaluna said the club would lobby the Wyndham council to put the project forward for consideration.
As reported by Star Weekly, the Chirnside Park redevelopment has been put on hold while the council tries to secure government funding.
The council has agreed to put up $5.5 million for the project but won’t include it in its budget until government funding is guaranteed.
The Tigers, AFL and AFL Victoria are also contributing to the project.
The redevelopment would provide Chirnside Park with change rooms for umpires and women, a canteen and a lift to the first-floor social room.
Local Government Minister Natalie Hutchins said the $50 million fund would not be allocated until later this year. She met with Wyndham mayor Peter Maynard and council chief executive officer Kerry Thompson last Wednesday to discuss potential projects that could benefit from the fund.
Council’s advocacy director Bill Forrest said the council had not decided which projects it would put forward because it was waiting for application guidelines.
But he said the council had a number of shovel-ready projects that could benefit from the fund.
