Tara Murray
A 24-hour ambulance station in Taylors Lakes is set to open in the middle of next year, more than five years after it was promised.
The state government announced funding for a new station in December 2016, along with four other stations in Melbourne’s north-west.
Just one of those stations has been completed.
As revealed by Star Weekly in May, a planning application had been received by Brimbank council in April this year.
The council approved the application in September.
The station will be located on Eagle Terrace on a section of the property on the corner of Kings Road and Bellbird Avenue, with the entrance to be off Kings Road.
The station will be built next to St Luke’s Anglican Church, which is also located on the site.
In a statement last week, the state government said the branch will feature a four-bay garage, four bedrooms for paramedics to recover, training facilities, a fully equipped kitchen and improved security and car parking to make sure our paramedics are safe.
The branch will be delivered in partnership with May Constructions and is expected to be completed in mid-2022.
Sydenham MP Natalie Hutchins said the government was making sure paramedics across the Sydenham electorate have the facilities to grow and do what they do best.
“It is wonderful that work will shortly get underway on a state-of-the-art facility that Taylors Lakes’ hardworking paramedics will be proud to call home.”
Health Minister Martin Foley said the government was building and upgrading stations across Victoria.
“These modern, advanced and well-located ambulance stations mean Victorians can receive the best lifesaving emergency care, now – and into the future.”
