A long-awaited path has opened near a retirement village in Werribee.
Wyndham councillor Jennie Barrera joined members of the Heathglen Retirement Village, just before lockdown was introduced last month, to celebrate the official opening of the new concrete path linking the retirement village with the Heathdale Glen Orden Wetlands paths network.
Retirement village residents Neil Tolliday and Sharon Myhre-Davis – who is chair of the Heathglen Residents Committee – have been instrumental in getting the path installed for the community.
They have been lobbying to have the path installed since 2018, as it was difficult for people walking their dogs or using strollers to walk around the creek without a little bridge to assist them.
The Heathdale Glen Orden Wetlands is about 35 hectares of open space which is inhabited by several types of native flora and fauna species.
The wetlands are also popular with birdwatchers, who visit to see species including Willie Wagtails, Pacific Black Ducks, White-plumed Honeyeaters and Yellow-rumped Thornbills.
Heathglen sales manager Helen Dimopoulos, Heathglen Village manager Asif Chowdhry and Wyndham council’s director of city operations Steven Thorpe all attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the path’s official opening.
