REVITALISATION of Braybrook will pick up pace under a plan to
improve housing, employment, training and public transport in the
long-neglected suburb.
Maribyrnong council last week endorsed the Revitalising Braybrook
Action Plan, which outlines short- and long-term actions across seven
key areas.
Mayor Catherine Cumming said there had been some progress since
the suburb moved from the former Sunshine council, but more was
necessary to keep it from lagging behind the rest of Maribyrnong.
“This revitalisation plan is borne from all of the community input saying that Braybrook is not just Churchill Avenue – we have taken that on board as a council,” she said.
The new $12.5-million Braybrook Community Hub, due for a construction start later this year, is the linchpin of the plan.
Cr Cumming said the hub would centre around a redeveloped Braybrook community centre and would contain Braybrook’s first library, a new sports pavilion, community spaces, meeting rooms and an early years facility.
“Council believes that the action plan will benefit the community
over the next two years by improving key aspects of life including
education and skills base of residents, employment outcomes and a
connected, integrated transport and pedestrian network,” she said. “We
are working in partnership with a number of government and community
organisations who have committed to the action plan and to working
towards positive solutions to bring about genuine improvements to the
lives of those in Braybrook.”
The state government is considering the possibility of creating a neighbourhood justice centre in Braybrook.
Cr Cumming said other improvements would include planting many more trees and improving access to the Maribyrnong River.
“There are wallabies around there – this is an amazing place that nobody knows about,” she said.
