Cade Lucas
Funding for the development of the East Werribee Precinct is the big ticket item in the state budget for Wyndham.
In the budget which was released on Tuesday, $20 million has been allocated to deliver roads and other enabling infrastructure to unlock government owned land in East Werribee precinct.
The precinct will include the planned Point Cook South West and Wattle Avenue residential communities.
The budget said that $13.7 million would be spent on the precinct and the Arden Precinct in the 2024-25 financial year.
The Point Cook South Specialist School and Tarneit Plains Primary School which have already been announced, will both due to open in 2026.
Other funding allocated to Wyndham was for existing projects, including a further $46.23 million to be spent on the Ison Road Rail overpass in the 2024-25 financial year.
There is $17.5 million to be spent on a new railway station at Tarneit and the remaining $ 82 million allocated towards the Wyndham Law Court development in Werribee will be spent.
The expansion of emergency departments at Werribee Mercy Hospital and Casey Hospital will receive $68 million in 2024-25, while Hoppers Crossing Secondary College and Woodville Primary School in Hoppers Crossing, Alamanda College in Point Cook and Warringa Park School in Werribee South will all receive further allocations of funding already announced.
The budget also included $5 million to be spent on the Western Rail Plan in 2024-25. It’s the remaining money of the $21 million allocated for detailed planning and development activities.
Werribee Open Range Zoo received $6 million for continued improvements as well as sharing in $11.9 million in investment to give free entry for children under 16 on weekends, school holidays, and public holidays.
Wyndham will also receive some of the $6.6 million allocated for the Youth Crime Prevention and Early Intervention Project.
There has been $1.8 million toward building a Victorian State Emergency service facility in Tarneit, while progress is also continuing on the Drainage Reserve off leash dog park in Hoppers Crossing, with construction works expected to begin early next year.
