Update - March 2022

The submission period for objections to be made to the Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) has now closed.

Council declared the Special Charge Scheme for the Ocean Grove Principal Pedestrian Network at it's meeting on Tuesday 22 February 2022.

Through an amended resolution, the Council has decided to contribute more funding to the overall project and lessen the financial charge on participating residents.

The amended split will see the City bear the majority of the costs (65 per cent) which is in line with the Council’s Special Rates and Charges Policy, which was updated in 2021.

The total network is now made up of 24.3kms of new footpaths and shared paths, including:

• 21.1km of 1.5-metre-wide concrete footpaths; and
• 3.2km of 2.5-metre-wide concrete or gravel ‘shared’ paths

There are 6357 properties included in the Special Charge Scheme, across an area of town informally known as ‘old’ Ocean Grove.

Out of a revised cost estimate of $6.53 million, the City will contribute a total of $4,408,162, representing 65 per cent of the overall cost.

Under the new funding model, private property owners will contribute a total of $2,122,381.09 (35 per cent overall).

This will see each owner pay $333.87, from the start of construction no earlier than July 2023.