What has been discussed in the engagement so far?

Key themes from the previous engagement are:

• Employment: The BREP should attract a range of economic development opportunities, industries and jobs ranging from state-of-the-art industry, and manufacturing to service industry supporting cultural tourism opportunities.
• Transport: The BREP should leverage of its accessible location, freight network and location whilst ensuring for improvements to connections to the Marong township and regional freight networks.
• Water and drainage: BREP planning should holistically manage water and drainage to minimise flooding risks from Bullock Creek and Wilson’s Hill Channel, improve water quality outcomes and improve ecological values.
• Character, landscape and heritage values: BREP planning should respect and reinforce the highly valued local heritage, rural landscape and visual character of Marong. It also provides an important opportunity to explore and embed Aboriginal cultural heritage outcomes and value within the future precinct.
• Amenity: The BREP should create a high amenity precinct by incentivising high value-added industry, managing location of industry to ensure amenity impacts are minimised and support the provision of high-quality landscape treatments at key gateways.

For more detail on the planning process to date, visit the Supporting Documentation tab on the Bendigo Regional Employment Precinct project page.