Brimbank City Council has welcomed major infrastructure commitments in the Victorian Government’s 2025/26 budget, including funding for the Sunshine Station Superhub and Calder Park Drive interchange.
Funding for health, community safety, homelessness and housing will also directly benefit Brimbank, including major investment in the health system for hospitals and mental health services.
Cost of living relief measures are particularly welcome for families in Brimbank struggling to make ends meet, such as free travel for under 18s and an increase to the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund.
Funding for projects in Brimbank include:
- $4.14 billion in partnership with the Federal Government, to deliver the new Sunshine Station Superhub. This investment will improve V/Line services and allow for more metropolitan trains at this busy network interchange. This is a crucial first step towards a rail line to Melbourne Airport and a future electrified Melton Line
- $50 million for the Calder Park Drive interchange, in addition to the $250 million committed by the Federal Government
- $12.1 million for a new bus route between Cairnlea and Deer Park
- $8.9 million to help locals walk, ride and move around more safely by upgrading shared user paths in Taylors Lakes, Sydenham and Hillside
- $1.25 million to support the completion of the Vietnamese Museum Australia, with the funding to be provided entirely in the 2025-2026 financial year
- $512,000 to upgrade the toilets at Mackellar Primary School in Delahey
- $70,000 to fund a new electronic scoreboard for the Western Suburbs Soccer Club
- Three new pedestrian road safety signs along Taylors Road in Keilor Downs. This is part of the $13.7 million Metropolitan Roads Upgrades Program
- St Albans North Primary School to share in $10 million allocated for future school upgrades, expected to be completed in Q2 of 2026-2027
While the Sunshine Station Masterplan and Albion Station upgrade are mentioned in the budget, council looks forward to these crucial projects being costed and scheduled. These projects will maximise benefits from the other major investments in infrastructure and are urgently needed to support the economic growth, housing needs and development of Melbourne’s western region.
Brimbank Mayor, Thuy Dang, said that it’s great to see cost of living relief features strongly in the Victorian Budget 2025-26, along with a range of measures that will benefit families who might be doing it tough.
“Council is delighted at the funding allocations for Sunshine Station Superhub and the Calder Park Drive interchange and we remain determined to work with Government to ensure that detailed timelines for delivery of the Sunshine Station Masterplan and Albion Station are agreed.”
