By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A NEW Melbourne Plan has renewed hopes a major logistics facility will be located close to Geelong.
The State Government plan recommended identifying long-term freight and logistics opportunities related to Avalon Airport in the area between Geelong and Werribee.
The long-term planning blueprint cited the Wyndham-Geelong corridor as one of three major economic drivers for the state.
The area between Geelong and the South Australia border was identified for freight and logistics development.
“The Avalon corridor between Werribee and Geelong contains existing and planned nationally significant economic assets including airport, road, rail, and waste facilities,” the plan said.
“Given the range of constraints on the availability of land for development, it is important that this stretch of land be safeguarded for state infrastructure opportunities and complementary development in future.
Elaine Carbines, the chief of the region’s councils alliance body, G21, said the Melbourne plan had a “high level of synergy” with Geelong’s regional growth blueprint.
