SWEEPING upgrades to Bellbridge will see diners eating overlooking the Bethanga Bridge and Lake Hume.
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The small town of about 300 people will also double in size and have its foreshore jazzed up to include an aquatic-themed children’s playground in Towong Shire’s draft master plan, to be unveiled to the public tomorrow.
The vision, for one of the shire’s prettiest gateways, has been delayed six months but mayor Mary Fraser said it was now time to give back to the town.
“This a very important town to the shire so it’s pretty relevant that we do something about upgrading it,” Cr Fraser said.
“It’s very desirable (but) there’s nowhere to move to, that’s the problem with the whole of the shire.”
The federally funded $60,000 draft outlines new land to be subdivided into 175 lots.
A restaurant is in the mix, near where the Hume Boat Club stands, and the boat club will be rebuilt to double as a community centre.
An early childhood centre will be where the community centre is and a skate park and half-court basketball court will be built on the foreshore.
The town’s tennis court is also likely to be rebuilt on the foreshore of the lake.
The draft will be unveiled tomorrow at the Hume Boat Club between noon and 3pm with a barbecue and facepainting available.
It will remain on public display for four weeks before being modified.
Once modified it will go back to the community for final comment before going to the council in May.
“This is just a draft masterplan so we’re wanting community feedback,” acting chief executive Dave Barry said.
Other than tomorrow’s unveiling, the public has three chances to give feedback in sessions at the boat club on Monday at 6.30pm, Wednesday, February 20 at 11am and Monday, February 25 at 6.30pm.
Hume Boat Club commodore Scott Coates welcomed the plan, saying upgrades to the town were long overdue.
Cr Fraser said good work was being done to repair the 2.7-kilometre “goat track” near The Pines reserve before the Bethanga Bridge.
“But it badly needs proper fixing, particularly with a lot of people coming in through this peninsula to go to Albury-Wodonga,” she said.