Elaine and Terry Mountney will take their beloved 1966 Dodge Phoenix out for a spin this Saturday to celebrate completion of the $3 million redevelopment of Church Street, Whittlesea by Whittlesea council.
They’ll be joined by a bevy of rev-heads doing ‘church laps’, between 10.30am and 12.30pm.
Mayor Ricky Kirkham will ‘unveil’ the new streetscape at 11am.
The Mountneys say the wider pavements and meeting spaces will liven up the area. The Eden Park couple organise the monthly Whittlesea Cruising Night when like-minded car enthusiasts are invited to join them for a cruise up and down Church Street on the first Friday of each month.
Cr Kirkham says the makeover has transformed the busy street.
“The corner of Church and Lime streets is now a place where people can stop and chat … or just sit on a seat and read,” he said.
Whittlesea post office’s Gwenda White approves of the council’s work despite eight months of upheaval in the street while construction was under way.
