Low Carbon West sector reports set out a platform for action for a number of broad sectors, including case studies of important initiatives related to the strategy that are already taking place in the WAGA region. One case study concerns a major development of state-wide significance in the City of Wyndham…
The Werribee Employment Precinct is currently home to a number of research and development organisations including CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, the Dairy Innovation Centre and Agrifood Technology. It is also home to educational facilities, such as Victoria University, Melbourne University Veterinary Clinic and the new selective entry Suzanne Cory High School, and Mercy Health’s Werribee Mercy Hospital.
In 2013 the Growth Areas Authority (GAA) developed a precinct structure plan (PSP) which sets a vision for the area to transition into a place in which people live, learn, work and play. It will be a vibrant, mixed-use community precinct and a focal point of economic, social, cultural and environmental excellence. Importantly the site will continue to have a business focus with areas set aside in the masterplan for ‘commercial hubs’ and ‘industrial and business hubs’. The area is one of Melbourne’s six national employment clusters, and the vision is to create 58,000 jobs. Clusters such as this one proposed for East Werribee will be important vehicles for delivering some of the Low Carbon West actions.
(Post published by the Western Alliance for Greenhouse Action)
