General News
26 November, 2024
Wheelhouse industrial estate poised for stage one release
THE first nine lots in a new Loddon industrial estate will be on the market within weeks. Wes Wheelhouse said the 21-lot development at Bridgewater had been 15 years in the planning. The estate is tipped to further boost economic investment and...
THE first nine lots in a new Loddon industrial estate will be on the market within weeks.
Wes Wheelhouse said the 21-lot development at Bridgewater had been 15 years in the planning.
The estate is tipped to further boost economic investment and employment in Bridgewater and Loddon Shire communities.
Sales for land in stages two and three of Bridgewater Rise housing estate will be launched tomorrow while the town’s egg factory is expected to be back in production early next year after new owners last month bought the Fantasy Road site that has sat dormant for five years.
Mr Wheelhouse said: “The industrial estate will have a total of 21 lots across two stages with stage stage one available and completion due March and June.
“That will be nine lots of which five are already committed - four available for sale.
“Stage two will become available in 2025 and completion due in the second half of next year is a further 12 lots for sale.”
Mr Wheelhouse said lot sizes ranged from 3000 square metres up to 20,000 square metres with most lots between 3800 and 7,500 square metres.
“All are zoned industrial three which fits a wide range of uses for light industry including service industries and even some retail applications,” he said.
Civil work for stage one - land bounded by the Calder Highway and Cemetery Road - started eight weeks ago.
“But the project has been over 15 years in the planning from the initial site rezoning,” he said.
“There was then considerable time working through the planning stage and finally the design stage which also had a number of difficulties that needed to be overcome,” Mr Wheelhouse said.
“The new lots include connection to sewer and water and easy access for heavy vehicles to major roads including Calder Highway and Newbridge.
“The land is ideally located for an industrial subdivision as it has easy heavy vehicle access and is outside of the township.
“A major cost of the development is the substantial sewerage and water mains being constructed by me as the developer.
“This has included more than 2km of water rising main and almost 2km of sewer rising main being constructed to service the subdivision.
“The sewer main includes a section constructed under the river to join an existing pump station closer to the treatment plant.
“The new sewer main will be serviced by a new pump station being constructed at the corner of Calder Highway and Cemetery Road that will service the new subdivision,” Mr Wheelhouse said.