Cardinia Council has taken a look ahead at its infrastructure needs over the coming decade, endorsing its first Community Infrastructure Plan.
At its meeting on Monday 18 March, councillors passed a motion to endorse the Community Infrastructure Plan and Community Infrastructure Implementation Plan documents.
The document outlined the council’s infrastructure needs and aspirations over the next 10 years, identifying infrastructure requirements and the opportunity to improve the performance of existing infrastructure across Cardinia.
The scope of the plan included consulting rooms, kindergartens, libraries, halls and bookable spaces, public toilets, arts and cultural venues.
Toomuc Ward councillor Stephanie Davies said she was looking forward to a better picture of the council’s infrastructure needs coming into view.
“Any guidance or data that can inform better decisions is greatly appreciated,” she said.
“I am confident that this is a really good start to make more informed and more responsible decisions.”
Central Ward councillor Collin Ross said the plan would allow the councillors to be more informed about the context of their decisions.
“This will provide so much more data than we have now,” he said.
“I look forward to see what sort of information we get that we don’t have now that helps us make decisions.”
Beacon Hills Ward councillor Brett Owen said the plan would allow the council to keep abreast of what upgrades or improvements were needed across its infrastructure.
“It’s a really good snapshot of the conditions of these varying facilities,” he said.
