THE City of Casey is Victoria’s most progressive city, according to the mayor Kevin Bradford.
Cr Bradford said Casey had a large number of service delivery firsts in local government to its credit and an unrivalled number of large major infrastructure projects were under way across the municipality.
Cr Bradford said the City of Casey had committed itself to the development of sport, recreation, arts and community facilities valued at about $47 million within a one-kilometre radius in the Cranbourne area at Casey Fields and at the Casey Indoor Leisure Complex.
It also has several major sport and recreation facilities under way in the northern part of the municipality at Narre Warren North, Berwick, Hampton Park and Narre Warren South and construction of the Bryn Mawr Bridge in Berwick.
Projects in various stages of design and construction in the Cranbourne area include:
– Cranbourne Aquatic and Leisure Centre ($28 million)
– Casey Fields ($15 million)
– Performing Arts Rehearsal Centre ($2.2 million)
– Casey Multicultural Community Centre ($2.2 million)
– Junior traffic school ($150,000)
Projects in various stages of design and construction in the northern part of
Casey include:
– Bryn Mawr Bridge ($10 million)
– Timbarra Community Stadium ($8 million)
– Construction of a sports ground and pavilion in Narre Warren North ($3.5 million)
– Construction of two soccer pitches at Hillsmeade in Narre Warren South ($500,000)
– Development of a football oval at Berwick Springs in Narre Warren South ($1.5 million)
– Construction of a sports ground in Gwendoline Drive Berwick ($750,000)
– Design of a Skate Park in Hampton Park ($100,000)
Cr Bradford said the combined design and construction of these facilities was an impressive commitment and he believed this was most likely unrivalled by any other Australian municipality.
“In fact, when we add all of the development on the 70-hectare Casey Fields site to the Sport for All centre, The (indoor skate) Shed and the Cranbourne Aquatic and Leisure Centre to be built just a kilometre away at the Casey Indoor Leisure Centre, we will have established a sporting precinct to rival the state-managed Albert Park facilities.
“And, taking into account the existing library, the addition of the performing arts rehearsal centre, multicultural community centre and traffic school will mean that residents in Cranbourne and surrounds will also have access to a fantastic arts, cultural and learning precinct.
“The City of Casey is not only Victoria’s most populous municipality; it is also one of the most progressive councils in Australia. This fact is not just evidenced by the sheer number and scope of our capital works projects but many of our service delivery areas are the biggest of their kind and many of our initiatives are a first.”
