The Healesville-Kooweerup Road Upgrade has donated more than seven tonnes of repurposed timber and roofing to local Scout groups.
The timber was reclaimed from the project’s former site compound on Hall Road in Pakenham South.
A large stockpile of timber was delivered to the Bell Park Scout Camp in Lang Lang to help build the group’s new timber decks, additional shelters and an expanded obstacle course.
The material has also been used to repair several structures within the park including the chapel pews and toilet block after the storm and improve their accommodation chalets.
The camp hosts local Scout groups from the wider Gippsland and south east Melbourne area on a regular basis.
A second delivery was also made to the First Kooweerup Scout Group, who built custom racks to help dry out their tents between adventures.
Bass MP Jordan Crugnale is proud to see the support going to these local Scout groups.
“Donating this timber to the Bell Park and Kooweerup Scout groups will improve their outdoor facilities and is a great way to give this timber a second life instead of going to landfill,“ Ms Crugnale said.
“Seeing this timber used to fix major storm damage is a wonderful outcome as the Scouts can rebuild what was damaged and use the rest to plan an even bigger and better future.
“We’re proud to create new reuse and recycling opportunities and it’s all part of how we are building a better Healesville-Kooweerup Road.“
The Healesville-Kooweerup Road Upgrade is hitting major milestones. Over summer, new asphalt was laid with vehicles now driving on 10km of new road between Southeast Boulevard and Manks Road.
Five upgraded intersections have also been reopened in recent months, with Island Road the most recent, and giving residents and local businesses direct access to the new Healesville-Kooweerup Road.
To complete major works, crews will be finishing the second new bridge over Deep Creek and opening it to traffic in June, as well as paving the new lanes and the approaches to the roundabouts so that vehicles can be progressively moved over to the new road.
MRPV has also ticked off some major milestones on the nearby Pakenham Roads Upgrade.
Bringing in enough concrete to fill approximately 50 concrete trucks, the Pakenham Roads Upgrade has poured the deck for the new Princes Freeway bridge – pouring the 850 square metres of concrete to support the new bridge deck, weighing approximately 2000 tonnes.
The Level Crossing Removal Project works in Pakenham have made great progress as well, with the level crossings at Main Street, McGregor Road and Racecourse Road in Pakenham set to be gone this year. LXRP is also on track to open the new stations at Pakenham and East Pakenham in 2024.
