Barwon Heads Road upgrade
Darren CHEESEMAN (South Barwon) (16:48): On Sunday I had the great privilege of attending the formal opening of the Barwon Heads Road upgrade, and at that formal community opening we had the opportunity to have a smoking ceremony and a naming ceremony to name a couple of components of Barwon Heads Road. The first component that was named in local Wadawurrung language was the bridge, and the second element that was named in local Wadawurrung language was the joint user path that runs alongside Barwon Heads Road. Barwon Heads Road has historically been a very important tourism road, servicing the Surf Coast and wonderful Bellarine Peninsula communities. Over the last decade or so, as Armstrong Creek has grown, it has become a very, very important commuter road, and of course the Andrews Labor government over the last few years has delivered a $365 million upgrade to that road to recognise that important growth that has been happening in that community. I commend the partners for delivering this road.