Wyndham council has used its response to the state government’s Plan Melbourne report to reiterate the need for improved infrastructure funding in outer suburbs.
As reported by the Weekly, Victorian Auditor-General John Doyle criticised successive state governments for failing to adequately deliver infrastructure in growth areas.
He found that $10 billion was needed immediately to address the backlog and urged the government to come up with funding solutions.
In its submission to the government’s 40-year growth strategy released in October, the council said the government must ensure that a funding plan was included in the new metropolitan planning strategy to address the backlog.
“To do this effectively, [the government] must, in addition to opening up new funding sources, align the infrastructure funding plan to the state budget,” the submission stated.
The council said Werribee needed to be identified as a future activity centre if it was going to become the ‘capital’ of Melbourne’s new west. Submissions to Plan Melbourne close December 6.
