My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Sport, Recreation and Youth
Affairs in the other place. It relates to a grant application made by the
Warrnambool City Council for the Albert Park trail network. I understand stage 1
has been submitted to the minister’s office. The proposal is to create a passive
trail network in the reserve, and stage 1 involves a 2-kilometre section of the
trail.
Those who are familiar with Albert Park in Warrnambool will
recognise that it is used around the year, regardless of season. It is used by a
range of community members. It is used for cricket matches, walking, jogging,
cycling, football and netball. A number of sporting clubs that use the reserve
strongly support and are key stakeholders in this proposal. However, this
proposal will not only be beneficial to those who participate in the many sports
and who are on the committees of the various sporting clubs, but will also be
advantageous to the students who walk through the park to go to Warrnambool
College or who ride their bikes to school. It will also assist parents with
children in prams, aged residents and people who use wheelchairs and other
walking aids.
1 strongly urge the minister to support this very important
application, which will benefit very directly the citizens of Warrnambool and
people involved in the sporting and recreational clubs that use the reserve. I
believe it will also aid tourism in Warrnambool and the surrounding area.