By Tate Papworth
Work on the Stony Creek Transformation project will restart following further funding from the state government.
The government last week provided funding through project partners Development Victoria, City West Water, Melbourne Water, and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) to get the project back on track.
The announcement ends months of lobbying from Brimbank council, which feared it may have been left with an $11 million hole in the ground.
The project, which will transform a concrete drain back to a natural wetland, hit a standstill earlier this year after costs blew out because of asbestos contamination.
The council has been calling on both levels of government to provide further funds to clean up the site and get work restarted.
Member for St Albans, Natalie Suleyman welcomed the news that works would resume soon. She joined the council in calling on the federal government to unlock further funds for the project.
“We’re all on board and working together to ensure that this project is back on track as quickly as possible,” Ms Suleyman said.
Brimbank mayor Lucinda Congreve said she was looking forward to seeing a resumption of works on the project. “Council welcomes this announcement reaffirming the Victorian government’s commitment to the Upper Stony Creek Transformation Project,” Cr Congreve said. “We look forward to …delivering this project to the Brimbank community.”
