The hospital redevelopment has suffered a setback.
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on 04/02/2010 at 02:16 PM
By ANTHONY RADFORD
IT now seems certain no major construction works will begin on the Bendigo hospital redevelopment site until next year.
In December last year, the Bendigo Weekly revealed the ambulance station, which was planned to be demolished in mid 2010, would not be vacated until December this year.
This week, the state government’s Annual Statement of Government Intentions 2010 failed to mention the redevelopment.
The report mentioned the completion and opening this year of the hospital’s new Accident and Emergency Department, but failed to mention the Bendigo redevelopment, despite mentioning other hospital redevelopments such as Box Hill and the Dandenong Hospital Mental Health Service.
Liberal Party member for Northern Victoria Wendy Lovell said the omission was evidence a full commitment had not yet been given to the redevelopment.
“It shows the government has no plans to begin the redevelopment of Bendigo hospital in this term,” she said.
“It shows the government has pushed out the hospital redevelopment until after the 2010 election.
“If the government was committed to expediting this project to provide imp...
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