economic indicators - City of Greater Geelong

February 2009
> Geelong Lutheran School opens its new $5m college in
Burvilles Road, Mt Duneed. The college will accommodate
1,050 students ranging from prep to year 12 by 2014.
> The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) officially opens its
$100m headquarters in Brougham Street, Geelong.
The state-of-the art energy efficient building, accommodates
the organisation’s 650 staff and includes 15,475sqm of
commercial office space, over 1,100sqm of retail floor space
and 338 car parks.
March 2009
> The $60m six-level Edgewater development by Solid
Investments is officially opened. The development includes
36 residential apartments, a retail and restaurant precinct,
roof-top garden, gymnasium, swimming pool and glass atrium.
> A new $2.5m Medical One Centre in Waurn Ponds opens.
The 1,500sqm one-stop-shop facility includes doctors, nurses,
pharmacists, pathologists and other allied health services.
April 2009
> Australian Unity submits an application to build a $50m
expansion of the Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre.
The redevelopment will include a new Kmart, a relocated and
expanded Coles Supermarket, Officeworks, liquor outlet and
specialty stores.
> The City of Greater Geelong approves plans for a $2.85m
Aldi Supermarket on the corner of Torquay and Grove Roads,
Grovedale.
> Greyhound Racing Victoria unveils plans for a $4.6m upgrade
of Beckley Park that will include a new grandstand and
racetrack.
June 2009
> Plans are approved for a $9.5m ten-storey student
accommodation building in Brougham Place, Geelong that will
include 113 apartments.
> Construction is well underway on the new $8m Geelong Fire
Station in Yarra Street, Geelong.
INFRASTRUCTURE Projects
July 2008
> VicRoads begins planning for the delivery of Section 4b of
the Geelong Ring Road. The $45m, 5km road, will link from
Anglesea Road to the Princes Highway and will provide for
future access to the Surf Coast Highway (Section 4c).
> A report commissioned by the City of Greater Geelong and the
State Government identifies a 670ha site along the Geelong
to Melbourne railway line in Lara, as the preferred site for an
inter-modal transport freight facility.
September 2008
> The final Masterplan nears completion for the development
of a Safe Harbour at Portarlington. The Masterplan allows
for a larger commercial fishing fleet, recreational berths, ferry
berth and onshore commercial and recreational facilities. The
development will seek to enhance aquaculture development in
the area and support tourism growth.
October 2008
> Barwon Water starts construction on a $76m bio-solids drying
facility at Black Rock. The fully enclosed facility will transform
waste product from the nearby Black Rock Water Reclamation
Plant into nutrient-rich farm fertiliser and renewable fuel and
is expected to be completed in 2010.
> Barwon Water finalises a business plan for a new $137.9m
Melbourne-Geelong Interconnection. The 55km pipeline will
deliver 16,000 million litres of drinking water a year, equivalent
to approximately half the region’s current supply.
The project will link Geelong to the State water grid and is
critical to meeting the region’s water supply needs for the next
50 years. Construction is scheduled to begin in mid-2010 and
be completed by the end of 2011.
> Construction commences on the $35m 6,000sqm
redevelopment of Queenscliff Harbour. The new 24-hour
facility will accommodate 280 wet-berths, 100 dry-berths,
30 land storage berths and a retail component.
November 2008
> Construction starts on Barwon Water’s Anglesea Borefield.
The $70m project will supply an average 7,000 million litres
of drinking water a year, or 20 per cent of the region’s current
demand. The borefield is expected to come on line in
late 2009.
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economic indicators bulletin 2008/09 - city of greater geelong section 8 - regional news & events