Hume council is seeking close to $800,000 in funding from the state government’s Growing Suburbs Fund.
Council has applied for $268,084 for Sunbury’s Vista Park Drive, $394956 for Greenvale’s Bradford Avenue and $130,000 for Craigieburn Sports Stadium.
A report to the Monday, February 24 council meeting stated that the funding would help council to upgrade the play spaces at Vista Park Drive and Bradford Avenue and complete a master plan for Craigieburn Sports Stadium.
The report stated that the Vista Park Drive play space upgrade was expected to cost $536,000, while the Bradford Avenue project would cost $789.913.
The sports stadium master plan is expected to cost $260,000.
All three projects are currently part of council’s long-term capital works program and are fully funded within the budget.
“Therefore any external funding secured would reduce council’s expenditure in each respective project,” the report to council stated.
The government has made $5 million available through the Growing Suburbs Fund in 2024-25.
The funding is available to the state’s seven interface areas councils to help them in the timely delivery of critical infrastructure
Funded projects must be completed within 24 months of the commencement of construction
