By Aneeka Simonis
ONE of Kooweerup’s most important facilities is set to undergo a major upgrade to improve user safety and access.
Automated doors will be installed at the Kooweerup Community Centre to help provide all-abilities access and improve safety.
The Federally funded project will cost $20,000.
The centre is hugely important to the town, with large events including Anzac commemorations being staged at the site.
Kooweerup Community Centre chairman Ray Brown said the project would provide great benefit to the community.
“At the moment, when we have the doors open everything gets blown in and it’s terribly frustrating. The new automated doors will provide an airlock to keep the hall protected from the elements,” Mr Brown said.
“It will also allow for all-abilities access to the community centre for people in wheelchairs or with other disabilities.
“The project involves relocating the main doors away from the road, so it will also improve safety for the many children who use the hall.”
Cardinia Shire Council and the Kooweerup Hall committee are also contributing to the cost of the project.
“It is great to have this community collaboration and financial contributions from all levels. The hall is always booked out with various groups and this refurbishment will add to the ambience of the place while improving safety and access for the whole community,” Mr Brown said.
Funding was allocated under the second round of the Federal Government’s Stronger Communities Program.
