Community event to celebrate road upgrade

Horseshoe Bend Nursery's Lucy Hunter and Nathan Oster (far right) with MRPV's Ed Duncan and sons Noah, Rory and Xavier ahead of the community event. Photos: SUPPLIED

THE Greater Geelong community is invited to celebrate the completion of stage 1 of the Barwon Heads Road upgrade this afternoon (July 30) at a free family fun day event.

The Major Road Projects Victoria (MRPV) event at the South Barwon Reserve, will thank the community for its patience during the upgrade’s construction.

The event will involve family friendly entertainment and activities, a petting zoo, cute animals, face painting and a sausage sizzle.

With the celebration also falling on National Tree Day, MRPV will be giving out 500 plants as a way of boosting the local environment.

MRPV’s mini-diggers will be at the event for kids to test their road-building skills.

MRPV program director Tim Price said he was eager to celebrate the milestone with the community.

“We’re looking forward to hosting our family fun day at South Barwon Reserve as a thanks to the community for their patience while we completed the Barwon Heads Road upgrade.

“The event will see plenty of activities and entertainment on offer for kids and adults to enjoy.”

The community are encouraged to arrive at the event using the new upgraded share use path, between Belmont and Charlemont.

The state government says it completed stage 1 of the project six months ahead of schedule, and estimates the full Barwon Heads Road upgrade will cater for 44,000 daily journeys by 2031.

For more information, head to bigbuild.vic.gov.au/projects/mrpv/barwon-heads-road-upgrade