MAJOR items in 2012 state budget affecting Melbourne’s west.
* A further $17.1 million for new children’s court at Broadmeadows Magistrates Court
* $15.1 million for new intensive care unit at Sunshine Hospital
* More than $15 million for the completion of the Sunbury Electrification Project
* $14 million for extensive refurbishment and upgrade of Galvin Park Secondary College in Werribee
* $14 million for West Gate Bridge maintenance
* $13.7 million for Melbourne Zoo and to cater for larger crowds at Werribee Open Range Zoo
* $12 million for upgrade to West Gate Freeway (Williamstown Road to M80 Ring Road).
* Additional $27 million for Victoria Police Operational Tactics and Safety Training complex at Essendon (on top of $3 million in last year’s budget).
* New medium-security prison with 500 beds at Ravenhall
* $4 million for Stage 3 of Laverton P-12 College regeneration project including redevelopment of gym and play areas
* $4 million for modernisation of Western Autistic School (Niddrie) modernisation redirected to commence construction of P-12 autistic school at Laverton P-12 site
* $3.9 million for new four-bed Psychiatric Assessment and Planning Unit at Sunshine Hospital that will support 400 patients a year
* Funding for two additional overtaking lanes on Melbourne-Lancefield Road
* Additional 45 beds at Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre
* $500,000 to Gisborne Secondary College this year as part of a $3.5 million enhancement of education facilities at the school.
* $250,000 in funding for a feasibility study into a secondary college in Romsey.
