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Coalition pledges V
BY DEAN LAWSON
ictoria’s Coalition has promised to provide more than $2-million for an aquatic splash-park project in Horsham if it wins next month’s state election.
The Liberal-Nationals made the pledge in a big day of announcements for the Opposition, which also declared it would invest $1-billion in a regional roads program. Member for Lowan Emma Kealy announced a promise for money for Horsham Aquatic Centre development shortly before Coalition leader Matthew Guy raised the stakes with a profound statewide announcement. Ms Kealy, constantly travelling across one of the biggest electorates in the state, has been a major campaigner for roads investment. She has been outspoken and highly critical of the Labor government’s handling of roads maintenance and has constantly lobbied and petitioned for action. Mr Guy, in his announcement, said the roads funding was part of a proposed ‘life-saving’ Road Fix Blitz, designed to maintain and improve roads before they began to break down. He said under the program VicRoads would develop an annual works schedule based on community and stakeholder input. Funding would be made up of $400-million for a Country Roads and Bridges Program, another $400-million for targeted road restoration and a $200-million boost for general
SPECTACULAR: Hundreds of dance students took to the Horsham Town Hall stage at the weekend with Horsham Calisthenics College and Horsham School of Dance presenting their annual concerts. Scarlette Williams performed in Horsham School of Dance’s Animalia-themed show. For more pictures from both events, see page 18.
road maintenance. Mr Guy added the program would be in addition to existing VicRoads road-maintenance and restoration projects. Ms Kealy was busy yesterday with Nationals upper-house candidate Jo Armstrong and Horsham municipal representatives announcing the promise for Horsham Aquatic Centre and had been expecting the roads-funding announcement. “It is a massive commitment but it is an important move if we want to have efficient, reliable and, importantly, safe roads as we work on trying to decentralise our state’s growing population,” she said. “Reducing speed limits to try to compensate for dangerous road conditions or rushed patchup jobs just does not cut it. “We need real investment and to plan for better roads in the Wimmera and across the rest of regional Victoria.”
Recreation drawcard
Ms Kealy has also promoted the need for Wimmera tourism drawcards and was ecstatic about the Liberal-Nationals’ guarantee to invest money into a water play and splash park. “We’ve already committed $150,000 to kick-start plans to develop a Wimmera River precinct to boost tourism and grow the local economy and this would complement these plans perfectly,” she said. Continued page 3
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