By Esther Lauaki
Wyndham residents are being urged to get behind a push for upgrades to rail facilities and resources in the lead-up to the federal election.
Four new Regional Rail Link stations in Wyndham and a metropolitan rail link from Wyndham Vale to Werribee are at the top of Wyndham council’s election wish list.
Council chief executive Kelly Grigsby and Cr Henry Barlow went to the nation’s capital in February to call for more federal investment in rail and infrastructure as part of the National Growth Areas Alliance-led Catch Up with the Outer Suburbs campaign.
Wyndham residents can support the campaign via an online petition.
Ms Grigsby said that apart from the new stations and metropolitan rail link between Wyndham Vale and Werribee, she and Cr Barlow advocated for a number of other projects. They included fast-tracking an environmental impact assessment for the Outer Metropolitan Ring Road, ongoing funding for four-year-old kindergarten and
$11 million to complete the modernisation and upgrade of the pipeline for the Werribee Irrigation District.
Wyndham council is one of 21 councils across Australia that comprise the National Growth Areas Alliance, which lobbies state and federal governments for increased funding for roads, transport, local jobs and community facilities in fast-growing outer suburbs.
Petition: bit.ly/2I02pJC
