New funding for Bellarine sports clubs; highway upgraded

SPORTS clubs on the Bellarine can now apply for a share in around $500,000 in VicHealth funding to get more Victorians active and playing sport.
The latest round of VicHealth’s Active Club Grants provides funding of up to $3,000 or up to $10,000 to community sport clubs to create more opportunities to play sport as well as social or modified sport options.
Member for Bellarine Lisa Neville encouraged local clubs to apply for the funding to help them create more opportunities for local residents to become more active and improve their health.
Clubs applying for Active Club Grants funding can also request an additional $2,000 grant to promote VicHealth’s This Girl Can – Victoria campaign to encourage women in their local community to get active.
Clubs are encouraged to apply for the funding grants through the VicHealth website before round one closes on Friday August 30 2019 at 4pm.
For more information or to apply online, visit vichealth.vic.gov.au/funding/active-club-grants.
Meanwhile, drivers travelling along the Bellarine Highway are enjoying a much smoother and safer journey thanks to the completion of significant upgrade works.
Ms Neville announced last week that about 15 kilometres of the highway had been upgraded as part of the Labor Government’s $84 million investment in south western Victoria.
“The Bellarine Highway is a key route for people travelling between Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula – it’s important that it can deliver more safe and reliable journeys,” Ms Neville said.
“These works have given the highway a vital uplift – the community will notice the difference on their daily commute.”
About 2.7 kilometres of the highway’s Queenscliff-bound carriageway has been completely rebuilt between Whitehorse Road to Clifton Avenue and Melaluka Road to Christies Road to improve the strength and quality of these busy sections for the 12,000 people who travel it daily.
Resealing works were also completed on about 5.5 kilometres of the highway at Moolap, Newcomb and Wallington to protect the road and provide drivers with a smoother surface.
About two kilometres of important asphalt repairs were completed across ten sections of McKillop St/Bellarine Highway between Latrobe Terrace and Lomond Terrace, including the busy intersections along this route.
In addition, about 5.3 kilometres of the highway was resurfaced at Leopold and Moolap.
These works were delivered by Regional Roads Victoria.
To find out what other works are underway or planned in your area visit regionalroads.vic.gov.au.