Bendigo Weekly 931

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ISSUE 931 FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015

Unique home deal brewing ONE of Bendigo’s most iconic rural properties and one of the city’s most popular cafe businesses have been sold in a multimillion dollar double deal steeped in history and hospitality. – Story Page 5

CELEBRATION: Art van Dyk, Corey Scoble and Matt Leonard.

DREAM BIG Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

By JOEL PETERSON

RAILWAY stations at Huntly, Lansell Square, Maiden Gully, Marong Business Park and the Bendigo Showgrounds could be constructed in a bold new plan from the City of Greater Bendigo. Council’s Integrated Transport and Land Use Strategy was released on Monday, designed to influence the way the city’s transport needs change as the Bendigo continues to expand.

Metro and free buses on the cards

The strategy envisages a “Goldfields Metro” system that would see an independent operator and dedicated rolling stock operating a service covering Castlemaine, Huntly and Marong. The strategy also advocates for a free transport zone in the city’s CBD to provide access to Bendigo’s new

hospital, shopping and tourist destinations, a western bypass of Marong on the Calder Alternative Freeway and spells the end of the line for the much-discussed Bendigo ring road. City of Greater Bendigo strategy manager Trevor Budge said council had dared to dream big in its plans. “We wanted to make it an aspi-

Police call for calm – Page 3

rational plan, there is no point having a plan that really just does the things that we were doing anyway,” Mr Budge said. “When we started talking a couple of years ago about the rail system, for instance, people were very sceptical but now we have seen the government come on board.

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“What we are planning in ITLUS is that we can use the railway system as a spine to encourage our land use, so our stations become activity areas and hubs for communities.” Rail is set to be one of the big winners out of the project, with the strategy also recommending a study into the feasibility of re-opening the line to Inglewood be undertaken, which could see Bridgewater and Inglewood stations reinstated for passenger use.

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