Another step forward

By Lachlan Ellis

Councillors, community members and local State MPs have celebrated the next stage of upgrades at a local reserve.

Mayor Cr Tom Sullivan, Member for Buninyong Michaela Settle, and Member for Melton Steve McGhie all donned hard hats and high-vis vests to mark the occasion of turning the first sod, with the State Government committing $4 million for the Stage 2 of improvements at the Bacchus Marsh Racecourse and Recreation Reserve (BMRRR).

The $4 million funding package from the State Government’s ‘Community Sports Infrastructure and Stimulus Program’ and ‘World Game Facilities Fund’ will complement the $8.04 million Council has provided for Stage 2.

Mayor Cr Sullivan was joined in thanking the State Government for its contribution by Bacchus Marsh Cricket Club President David Kraljik, and Bacchus Marsh Soccer Club President Liam Kiely.

“The development of this particular precinct has been underway for some time, and we’re now working towards a completion of the project in mid-2023. This bears the fruit of all the hard work done in this collaboration [between Council and the State Government],” Cr Sullivan said.

“On behalf of the Cricket Club, I’d like to thank the Victorian Government and Moorabool Shire Council. It’s a fantastic development, Liam and I have been talking about it for a good while, it’s well overdue in the Shire. What we see as being particularly fantastic is having three ovals to be able to use for playing and training on Saturdays and Sundays, all lit as well,” Mr Kraljik said.

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