Hume council is on track with its capital works as the end of the financial year nears.
In the year-to-date to the end of April, council spent more than $125 million on the capital works program, after an original budget of $122 million.
A number of key projects have been completed through the year, including the road reconstruction at Rosedale Crescent, Dallas; the Grove Road Reserve playground replacement; landscape upgrade in Craigieburn; and an extension of the museum store at the Hume Global Learning Centre in Sunbury.
Further, the Ligar Street upgrade and the Sunbury Aquatic Centre carpark has been finalised for construction and is over budget, while various drainage upgrades have been finalised and fall under budget.
Councillor Karen Sherry she was pleased to see the drainage upgrades throughout Hume continue to move on track.
Cr Jarrod Bell was pleased with the work of council in spending the entire budget to upgrade the community.
“We are talking about 102 per cent of the allocated budget, meaning we are making absolutely great strides of delivering our capital works program to the community,” he said.
“This is in stark contrast to where we were only four years ago, where we were always pulling forward massive carry forward … and really struggling to deliver for the community.”
