An injection of federal funding will give a busy street in Craigieburn a facelift.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss last week announced an upgrade for Potter Street, with $358,000 coming from the federal government and the remainder of the project’s $900,000 cost being funded by Hume council.
The dead-end street is in an industrial pocket and frequently used by heavy- haulage vehicles and freight trucks accessing the Hume Highway.
The upgrade will include earthworks, drainage, pavements, kerbs, and widening of channels and culverts.
The project is one of five to share in $3.6 million in federal funding from the heavy vehicle safety and productivity program.
Sunzest Organic’s fruit juice processing plant has been based in Potter Street for about 10 years.
Office manager Leah Mezzatesta said the company had up to three transport trucks coming and going from their Potter Street plant each day.
She said road upgrades would make life easier for truck drivers and improve pedestrian safety.
“People are currently walking on the side of the road alongside trucks,” she said. “They have nowhere else to walk and it only needs a mistake to happen. This is good news.”
