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Sealing the Hills program update

Cardinia Shire Council has made the difficult decision to formally dissolve the outstanding commenced and declared Sealing the Hills special charge schemes at the September 2023 Council Meeting, including Legg Road package in Emerald.

The withdrawal of federal funding from the Sealing the Hills program left Council unable to seal and deliver all road upgrades originally included in the Sealing the Hills program.

The federal government did not act on Council's requests to reconsider its decision and restore funding in full. These requests were made in letters appealing to the Minister and all Victorian Federal Senators, our recent joint federal budget submission with Yarra Ranges Council and the community-led petition to Parliament.

We will continue to prioritise improving our road network, building better local roads, and advocating for future funding to seal these roads within the Hills.

For more information and updates on the Sealing the Hills program

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Key Dates

Monday 13 February 2023

Letter to landowners regarding withdrawn funding

Letters will be sent out during the week of Monday 13 February.

Timeline

Timeline item 1 - complete

Preliminary design plans available

Preliminary (concept) plans are released to allow property owners to view proposed works.
Timeline item 2 - complete

Landowner questionnaire

Following consultation with the affected landowners a questionnaire is sent out to landowners to enable them to indicate initial support or opposition to a special charge scheme.
Timeline item 3 - complete

Approval to prepare scheme

If a majority of the questionnaire responses received indicate initial support for a scheme, the detailed engineering design is completed, and apportionment of costs finalised.

If a majority oppose the scheme, it is recommended that the scheme should not proceed, and Councillors and landowners are advised accordingly.
Timeline item 4 - complete

Intention to declare scheme

If majority support is received a Council report is prepared seeking Council’s support to proceed to notify the landowners that it is Council’s intention to declare the scheme at a future Council meeting, (normally in approx. 2 months’ time).
Timeline item 5 - complete

Advertisement and notification

Notice of Council’s intention to declare the scheme at a future Council meeting is advertised in a local newspaper and the property owners informed in writing.
Timeline item 6 - complete

Submissions

Landowners have 28 days from the date of the newspaper advertisement to make a formal submission either in support or opposition to the scheme.
Timeline item 7 - complete

Submission review panel

A panel is established to review any submissions, either written or verbal, and it makes a recommendation to Council regarding these submissions
Timeline item 8 - complete

Declaration of scheme

If the panel recommends that the scheme proceeds, a report is presented to a Council meeting recommending that the scheme be declared in accordance with the previous advertised intention notice.
Following Council’s declaration of the scheme, Council’s finance department is advised that they should raise the declared charge against each property within the scheme.
Landowners are advised in writing that the scheme has been declared.
Timeline item 9 - complete

Project discontinued

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Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:

Name	The Roads Project Team
Phone	1300 787 624
Email	mail@cardinia.vic.gov.au

Phone	1300 787 624
Email	mail@cardinia.vic.gov.au

1300 787 624

mail@cardinia.vic.gov.au

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