I write on behalf of Advance Morwell Inc. (a community and business organization which aims to advance Morwell and the wider Latrobe City). 

We wish to raise issue regarding the delay in the provision of additional Car Parking which was first promised in February 2018 and has not yet been delivered. Our concerns have further increased with anecdotal reports that the chosen site (a former petrol station site immediately adjacent to the Rail Station carpark) is contaminated and has been removed from the site list.

We find this totally unacceptable.  As you are well aware, many former petrol station sites across Victoria have been successfully rehabilitated and reused for different purposes. This location is surely the best strategic site available to meet the increasing demands of railway patron parking needs.

We request an up to date position with respect to this site and if so, the reasons why it has been discounted as the site for additional parking at the Morwell Train Station.

Additionally, if this site is not to be used as parking, Advance Morwell wishes to be advised as to the beautification plans for the site and the timeline for the completion of these works.  

Advance Morwell finds it difficult to believe the Government’s rhetoric regarding supporting our community, when it is not delivering key projects, such as the completion of this carpark, which is critical to support our commuter workforce.

Yours sincerely,

John Guy OAM.

CC: Minister for Public Transport: The Hon Melissa Horne 

Mr. Russell Northe MLA Member for Morwell.

Ms. Harriet Shing, MLC Member for Eastern Victoria