April 4, 2018

Works begin to give woodend passengers more car parks

Works are underway to upgrade the Woodend Station car park, with passengers set to receive an 200 sealed car spaces to make it easier to get to work or school in the morning.

Member for Macedon Mary Anne Thomas was at the station today to announce the start of the works, as part of the Andrews Labor Government’s $22.5 million Road and Rail Minor Works Program.

Along with the extra spaces, the new car parking areas will have new lighting, CCTV, footpaths and drainage to make the station safer and easy to use.

A new footpath with accessible ramp and stairs will link to Corinella Road, the existing pedestrian railway crossing and the Woodend Station precinct.

Woodend is an increasingly busy station on the Bendigo line and the current car park is regularly full, with poor lighting and a lack of sealed surfaces.

The Labor Government’s Road and Rail Minor Works Program will deliver more than 900 new car parks, improved bicycle storage facilities, new bus shelters and digital passenger information displays across regional Victoria.

Works will be staged to minimise impacts on commuters with the project to be completed by mid-2018.

A full list of works and more details about the program are available at victrack.com.au/roadandrail.

Quotes attributable to Member for Macedon Mary-Anne Thomas
"We have listened to the Woodend community, and I’m proud to announce that the long-awaited upgrades to the Woodend Station car park have commenced."

"Public Transport is of incredible importance to the people of Woodend and these upgrades will make this busy station more accessible and safer than ever."

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