Contract Awarded for Infrastructure Plan

Published on 18 August 2023

Council is pleased to announce that a contract for the Mansfield Township Infrastructure Plan has been awarded to Tomkinson Group following Council’s successful grant funding of $350,000 from the Victorian Government’s Streamlining for Growth Program.

The plan will identify community and development infrastructure for ongoing liveability and productivity to 2040 and allow appropriate land development for more efficient use of residential land accessible to central Mansfield.

Further to this, it will identify a full range of urban services to be efficiently and cost effectively provided to the land to be leveraged through future developments.

Mayor Cr James Tehan emphasised the positive impact the plan will have on the future of Mansfield and the wider community.

“The Infrastructure Plan is a fantastic opportunity for the community,” he said.

“It will help to alleviate some of the pressures we have been experiencing in recent years with the population growth, such as increased housing and rental costs, traffic pressures and demand for schools, health care, childcare and community parks and gardens.”

“The plan will identify efficient land use to best support and shape the community as it grows and expands. It will consider additional needs for roads, parking, cycle and foot paths, transport, gardens, community facilities and other government services.”

The Mansfield Township Infrastructure Plan will help provide the strategic basis Council needs to apply a Development Contributions Plan Overlay into the Mansfield Planning Scheme. This overlay will set contribution rates that will allow Council to collect both the funds and land provisions required to address the infrastructure gaps in our township

Extensive community engagement and consultation will be undertaken to create Mansfield’s Township Infrastructure Plan.

Council will be contributing $7,500 as an in-kind contribution on top of the funding received through the Victorian Government’s Streamlining for Growth Program.

For more information on this project please contact Council on (03) 5775 8555.