A trio of community service clubs is keen to breathe new life into an old Brimbank landmark.
Brimbank Central Rotary Club, Taylors Lakes Lions Club and Brimbank State Emergency Service have joined forces to revive the old Green Gully Traffic Safety Centre, with plans to spend about $40,000 over the next three years to fix up the site.
The groups formed a new management committee in August and have since rebranded the site as Brimbank Bicycle Education Centre, which provides bicycle education and road safety education for children three years and over, including children with special needs.
The centre is also available for private functions and parties.
Some children from Scope in St Albans already use the centre every fortnight to improve and maintain their mobility.
Brimbank Central Rotary secretary David Bennett said the committee was keen to put in an outdoor electric barbecue, create a shade area with tables and seating, build toilets for the disabled, create a sandpit and install a liberty swing for people confined to wheelchairs.
The former Green Gully Traffic Safety Centre was originally set up in 1993 as a joint project between Brimbank Central Rotary and the Brimbank council.
The original committee of management folded more than 15 years ago, and the centre has since been run by Helen Weir on a voluntary basis with the help of in-kind donations, working bees and financial assistance from Brimbank Central Rotary.
Mr Bennett said the site was desperately under used and had huge development potential. For more information on the project or to donate, call 0487 245 329.
