Following months of delays and speculation, the Wyndham Law Courts are set to open later this year.
On Tuesday, the state government announced it would contribute $114 million dollars to opening what will be the largest court complex in Victoria outside Melbourne’s CBD, in the 2025-26 budget.
The precinct, which was originally slated to open in March, will include specialised courts for children, family violence cases and First Nations people and replace the Werribee Magistrate’s Court.
The courts and the new Tarneit West station will receive additional bus services when they open.
Riverwalk and King’s Leigh housing estates in Werribee are also set to receive new and expanded bus routes.
Another new bus route will also connect Wyndham with neighbouring growth corridor Melton, running from Tarneit Station to Rockbank Station via Mount Atkinson.
Train services on the Werribee line are expected to increase by 33 per cent with the Metro Tunnel upgrade.
Motorists in Wyndham were also budget winners, with the state government pledging $250 million to upgrade Werribee Main Road.
This project will upgrade four intersections and the Princes Freeway on‑off ramps, as well as adding an additional lane to the existing Werribee Main Road bridge that crosses the Princes Freeway.
Point Cook Road, Jameson Way to Dunnings Road in Point Cook and stage two of the Wyndham Ring Road in Wyndham Vale are among the key road upgrades listed in the budget.
The funding is part of $1.2 billion announced for 19 projects in partnership with the federal government to upgrade roads across growing suburbs in Victoria.
The East Werribee Employment precinct, which is touted to become one of the area’s key business hubs, will receive $45 million.
Wyndham schools also received a boost. According to the government, the next stages of Brinbeal, Walcom Ngarrwa and Bemin secondary colleges will support the needs of the growing community.
Funding has been allocated for an improved learning space at The Grange P-12 College and for modernisation work at Manorvale Primary School.
Werribee police station will share in $3.8 million of funding to continue the Embedded Youth Outreach Program that aims to reduce youth offending by early intervention methods.
