City of Casey

2022-23 Australian Government Pre-budget submission

Connecting Casey to jobs, growth, and opportunities, closer to home.

The City of Casey’s big population needs big investment. We are one of Australia's fastest growing regions,
currently home to more than 380,000 residents and forecast to grow to more than 549,000 by 2041 (rivalling
the population of Canberra).

Our location, in Greater South East Melbourne, and unprecedented growth, presents a range of opportunities
for the Australian Government to partner with the City of Casey and the region more broadly to unleash the
economic and urban potential of what is one of Australia’s fastest growing regions.

We know that investment in the City of Casey and the surrounding region will create employment opportunities
and boost productivity.

As Casey continues to expand and mature as a thriving city with a resilient and engaged population, it creates
opportunities for strong government partnerships to deliver outcomes that will benefit the south east.

The Casey community have told us they consider major rail and transport upgrades as the most important for
the State and Federal Governments to invest in, followed by local job opportunities, health services and facilities
and other infrastructure.

Our 2022-23 Pre-Budget Submission outlines the priority projects and initiatives that are important to our
community and will transform the way our community connects to jobs, education, recreation, and services
they need.
Council is calling for critical road and rail infrastructure to mitigate transport congestion, boost jobs and
stimulate economic recovery, including:

➢ Clyde Rail Link, the long-awaited metro rail line extension from Cranbourne to Clyde. This project is
supported by 97 per cent of residents recently surveyed.

➢ The upgrade of key arterial roads including:

- Clyde Road Corridor; the most congested north-south connection in the city and one of the most
dangerous. This road will service a growing resident population of more than 240,000 residents by
2041 along with tens of thousands of more commuters a day.

- Thompsons Road upgrade and extension, which will serve Casey and Cardinia (home to almost
500,000) and unlock a regional employment precinct of up to 100,000 jobs and create an alternate
route to the Monash Freeway.
In addition to transformational transport infrastructure, the City of Casey is also seeking:

➢ A new Headspace satellite centre for our growing suburbs to improve access to mental health services,
closer to home, for our young people. Currently the City of Casey is home to only one Headspace
Centre, located in Narre Warren and it sees a caseload of twice the national average.

➢ 100 gigabit fibre connection to critical commercial precincts in the municipality, which are currently
without reliable, high-speed internet, affecting their capacity to operate, innovate and scale up their
operations.

➢ Increased mobile towers and 5G deployment in new estates to reduce mobile blackspots in the city,
particularly in our growth suburbs of Clyde and Clyde North.
➢ Continued investment in local community infrastructure to ensure our growing communities have
access to these services and facilities close to home when they move in and not ten to twenty years
down the track.

The priorities highlighted in this pre-budget submission for Australian Government funding support can be
delivered in partnership with the City of Casey, thereby connecting our growing population with what they
most need for a vibrant and sustainable future.

Noelene Duff PSM Glenn Patterson

Chair of Administrators Chief Executive Officer
City of Casey City of Casey
PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR THE CITY OF CASEY
City of Casey is advocating for critical projects to connect our growing community with the infrastructure and
services they need and want.

TRANSFORMATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CASEY

Construction of the long awaited, duplicated rail extension

from Cranbourne to Clyde will connect new and growing
communities of Cranbourne East, Clyde and Clyde North to
access services they need.
Estimated costs
This project will require new stations for Cranbourne East,
$1.5B - $3B*
Clyde and Casey Fields, and an upgraded station and bus
Clyde Rail Link
interchange at Cranbourne and future train stabling. *See project flyer
(Appendix 1) for details
More than 97 per cent of residents recently surveyed,
and map.
support this project.
Construction of Clyde Rail Link would provide hundreds of
local jobs and stimulate the local economy in a region hard
hit by the pandemic as well as create a legacy for
Melbourne’s south-east.

The City of Casey is seeking funding from the Victorian and

Australian Governments to construct a safer and upgraded
Clyde Road Corridor (Clyde Road, Berwick-Cranbourne Road,
Clyde Five-Ways Road).
Clyde Road corridor is the main and most congested, north-
Estimated costs
south arterial road corridor in the City of Casey, providing a
vital connection between Berwick, Cranbourne, Clyde North $350M - $450M*
Clyde Road Corridor
and Clyde.
Upgrade *See project flyer
This critical road project will duplicate up to 8km of arterial (Appendix 2) for project
road (up to three lanes in each direction), upgrade details and map.
intersections, create new shared path connections, bus
stops and pedestrian crossings, improved traffic
management technology and early planning for Clyde Five
Ways Road and Ballarto Road to cater for future growth.
This project can be constructed in stages for efficient
delivery.
 REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE

The City of Casey and Cardinia Shire Council consider the

upgrade and extension of Thompsons Road as one of the
region’s highest transport priorities.
The Thompsons Road upgrade and extension, from Berwick-
Cranbourne Road in Clyde through to Koo Wee Rup Road in
Pakenham will: Estimated costs
• Provide a 30km cross metropolitan high-capacity $785M*
Thompsons Road transport, freight and public transport route from *See project flyer
upgrade and Carrum to Pakenham. This will service Frankston, (Appendix 3) for
extension Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia. proposed project
• Unlock the southeast employment corridor as well as staging and associated
new freight and residential land. costs.
• Enable regional connections to Gippsland (M1), South
Gippsland (C422), Mornington Peninsula (M780 and
M11) and EastLink (M3).
• This project will unlock a growing regional employment
precinct of up to 100,000 local jobs, as well as creating
over 500 construction jobs.

The Clyde Road Corridor is the busiest and most congested North South connection in the City of Casey.
In a recent city-wide survey, 84% of respondents said upgrading this stretch of road was important to them.
CITY-WIDE SERVICE INITIATIVES

Currently the City of Casey is home to only one Headspace

Centre, located in Narre Warren and it sees a caseload of twice
the national average.
$750,000 for the
Overflow for demand is being redirected to Council. Both first year $450,000
Headspace for Casey services are at capacity and there is not adequate funding to per annum
keep up with the demand. thereafter
A new Headspace satellite service centre is desperately needed
in the City of Casey, located within the city's significant growth
area catchments of Cranbourne and Clyde.

Rollout of a 100-gigabit fibre connection to critical commercial

precincts in the municipality which are currently without
reliable, high-speed internet. Rollout of 100 gb
fibre to Berwick
Local businesses are severely impacted by current poor internet
100 gigabit coverage Health and
access, which is affecting the organisations' capacity to operate,
for commercial Education Precinct,
including reducing profitability, especially in cloud-based
precincts Berwick High Street
businesses. Without access to high-speed, 5G data network it is
and Hallam
difficult for organisation to invest in innovation, research and
Industrial Park.
development as they cannot trial emerging technology.
This is hampering opportunity for growth as well as local
employment and economic benefits.

City of Casey is home to a growing number of residents living in

mobile blackspots. Increased mobile
The detrimental social and economic impact of poor mobile towers in Clyde and
coverage is being acutely felt by residents in Clyde and Clyde Clyde North
Reduce mobile
North, two of the fastest growing suburbs in Melbourne's
blackspots in
south-east. This has been exacerbated during the restrictions Increased 5G
growing suburbs
placed on metropolitan Victorians during the COVID 19 deployment in new
response. estates
The City of Casey is seeking a funding commitment through the
Mobile Black Spot Program to improve mobile coverage for its
residents and business in growing new communities.
TRANSPORT AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
The following projects, both large and small, are vital to the City of Casey’s future.
If funded, Council will work with the Federal Government and key stakeholders to mobilise and deliver these
projects in a timely manner.

TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Council is seeking upgrades and improvements to the future

east-west arterial route that connects Officer South through to Estimated total
the Dandenong South employment area. cost $600M*
Glasscocks Road
The extension is in planning and could be delivered within
Corridor
three to five years, creating 400 jobs during construction. Once
*Project can be
complete, the road project will link key residential areas to staged.
employment hubs (65,000 potential jobs) in Casey, Cardinia
and Dandenong and create an improved road network.

The Linsell Boulevard Extension (Cranbourne Bypass) will

Linsell Boulevard expand the east-west arterial network servicing Cranbourne,
Extension Cranbourne East and Clyde. $75M
(Cranbourne bypass)
This project will create a link for three major arterial roads in
the south-east.

The Evans Road corridor is an important and missing link on the

Evans Road state arterial road network. Duplication of Evans Road from $170M
Duplication South Gippsland Highway to Hall Road, will reduce congestion
and improve safety and connectivity.

$3M feasibility
Council is seeking a shared pedestrian/cycle bridge at the
Soldiers Road northern end of Soldiers Road, over the Monash Freeway that $25M - 40M
Pedestrian Bridge allows for safe passage between Berwick South and the construction
Berwick Health and Education Precinct.

A bypass around Narre Warren Village is needed to revitalise

the shopping precinct and improve active and public transport
Narre Warren CBD links to the Village. Road duplication, widening and a new road $200M
bypass alignment between Shrives Road and Narre Warren-
Cranbourne Road will reduce through traffic.
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE

Alexander Boulevard Recreation and Community Hub will be

Casey’s first fully integrated community hub, recreation
Alexander
pavilion, family and community centre. It is set to be located in Design: $200,000
Boulevard
the heart of the future Clyde Town Centre one of Casey’s
Recreation and
fastest growing communities. Construction: $15M
Community Hub
Construction can take place 2024-2025, 2025-26

Extension of the Autumn Place Community Hub to better

Autumn Place
integrate services into the activity centre.
Community Hub - $12M
Planning for the project is anticipated to commence in 2023,
Stage 2
with a two-year construction timeframe.

• Design and renewal of Berwick Children’s Centre (Peel

Street, Berwick). Planned to commence design in 2022/23 Berwick Children’s
and construction 2023/24 Centre: $665,000
Family and
• Mansfield Street Kindergarten renewal construction can Mansfield Street:
community centre
begin 2022-23. $153,000
renewals

• Gwendoline Drive Family and Community Centre. Planned Gwendoline:

to commence design in 2023/24 and construction $153,000
2024/25.

Implementation of key projects that will equip this much-loved

community with the facilities it needs to support the growing
Playspace: $3M
community. Key projects include:
Wilson Botanic Park • Playspace upgrade, including accessible features.
Visitors’ Centre:
Berwick • Relocate and upgrade the visitors’ centre.
$6M
• Upgrade and extend car parking
Carpark: $4M
If funded, these projects could be constructed 2024-25.

Implementation of significant items in the Casey Fields

Masterplan, including
• Stage 2 of the Casey Fields Fitness Trail
(construction 2023-24) Cost: $1.2M
• Construction of a pump track in the sport cycling precinct Total project costs
(construction 2023-24) Cost: $300,00 $6M
Casey Fields
Masterplan • Stage 2 of the Regional Playspace to include an expanded
all abilities play area and interactive water play
(construction 2024-25) Cost: $2M
• Lighting redevelopment, design and construction, at
the AFL/VFL Oval to support televised AFLW, VFLW and
VFL night games (Design/construction 2023-24, 2024-25)
Cost: $2.5M
 Upgrades to improve the functionality and condition of the
existing facilities to best meet the sporting and recreational
needs of the local community.

• New tennis pavilion and car parking, including female

Max Pawsey
friendly change facilities and multi-purpose spaces. Total project costs
Reserve upgrades
($1.34M) $2.32M
and improvements
• Social Family Recreation Park, car park and works
($350,000)
• New dual purpose modular building and events stage
($50,000 design, $471,000 construction)
• Cricket practice nets ($55,000)
• New electronic scoreboard ($54,000)

Upgrades to the softball and baseball floodlighting and

Sweeney Reserve surfaces. Featuring eight diamonds, the floodlighting upgrade
upgrades and surface improvements at Casey's Municipal Softball and $1.4M
Baseball centre at Sweeney Reserve, will better meet the needs
of its grassroots to elite participants. Construction 2022-23.

This is an essential project to upgrade athletics facilities at

Edwin Flack Reserve which is home to the second largest
athletics club in Victoria. It includes the following works which
Edwin Flack Reserve can be completed in 2023-24:
Total project costs
Athletics Precinct • New sheltered terrace seating. Cost $515,000 $1.69M
upgrade • Pavilion upgrades Cost: $1.02M
• New Olympic Walk entry way acknowledging Edwin Flack’s
contribution to athletics. Cost: $150,000
• New fencing. Cost: $10,000

Edwin Flack Upgrades to playground, paths and landscaping that will Total cost $380K
Reserve; improve community accessibility at the venue as well
play, path and as enhancing social connection and physical activity.
landscaping
Project concept
Part of the Great Southern Rail Trail project. Design and and design
construct a shared path along the railway corridor from the $128,000
future Clyde station to the Council boundary with Cardinia, and
Clyde Rail Trail –
design of an extension to the Tooradin Township. Construction
Great Southern Rail
$1,340,700
Trail
Project concept and design work can be undertaken 2023/24
and construction undertaken in 2024/25.
The City of Casey welcomes any support or enquiries regarding these projects or any others. For more
information, please contact Council’s Advocacy Team or the CEO’s office.
Jessica Monahan
Team Leader Advocacy
Mobile: +61 400 645 091
Email: [email protected]

Web: casey.vic.gov.au Phone: 03 9705 5200

Email: [email protected] Post PO Box 1000, Narre Warren VIC 3805