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News & Updates Click images to enlargeNew Years UPDATEConstruction is soon to commence on a state of the art Medical Centre & Community Centre at Featherbrook. A brand new Medical facility is due to begin construction at Featherbrook soon. This fantastic facility will house a General Practice clinic, dental, radiology and pathology services, along with a pharmacy and café with newsagent. This valued new complex will provide a variety of key services to Featherbrook residents and all only a short walk away! New shops opening soon at Board Walk Central Also within walking distance, Featherbrook residents will soon have the added convenience of a brand new shopping centre. The first shops in the new Board Walk Central Shopping Centre are about to open including a major IGA Supermarket, beauty salons, hardware store and a variety of food outlets. Cental Equity's subsidiary real estate agent MICM Property, Point Cook have also setup their new shop at Board Walk Central prviding a great resource for property investors at Featherbrook. Play is underway on the Featherbrook Oval! The summer season commencing with a two day cricket match between Point Cook and Williamstown. Point Cook Cricket Club, along with other local summer and winter sporting clubs will use this fantastic facility. The addition of comprehensive lighting to the AFL sized oval will allow the oval to be utilised by the community all year round. The oval is just one part of the 25% open space at Featherbrook and along with the proposed Community Centre and sporting pavilion, forms part of the extensive community. The good news keeps coming for Featherbrook residents with community facilities continually being planned and constructed!
SUMMER UPDATEFeatherbrook continues to be a hive of activity with many families now calling it home. Every week, new homes are being finished and many more starting, as the Featherbrook community continues to take shape. Work has commenced on substantial lighting for the Featherbrook Oval. This valuable sporting facility will be utilized all year round thanks to the installation of the lights surrounding the oval. The first organised sport on the Featherbrook AFL size Oval is proposed to commence in December and it is anticipated this key community facility will be home to a number of local sporting clubs. Also at Featherbrook, civil works within the stage 9 wetland are now complete and the landscape works well under way. The wetlands landscaping will include playground, shelter, extensive planting, trees and expanses of grass together with the numerous lengths of pathways for pedestrians and cyclists. The wetland itself has started to fill following rain in September and October and we hope this continues as it will bring a variety of birdlife to Featherbrook. The landscaping along the first section of Boardwalk Boulevard is nearing completion following the completion and opening of the roadwork's. Residents will appreciate the added amenity of this area to Featherbrook and overtime the underpinning of land values on the estate. SPRING UPDATEWork is now complete on the AFL size Featherbrook Sporting Oval, which forms part of the abundance of open space at Featherbrook. The oval has been constructed with a drought tolerant cooch grass along with a sophisticated drainage system and a 120,000 litre underground water tank. Landscaping work on the surrounding areas, including a walking trail, is nearing completion, providing an attractive setting and facility for all residents to enjoy. The oval provides a much needed sporting ground for the Point Cook community and it is anticipated that sporting activities will commence on the oval this summer season. Boardwalk Boulevard extension now open. Residents at Featherbrook now have the added convenience of direct access to the exciting new local amenity, the Point Cook Town Centre, new schools and the freeway via the newly opened Boardwalk Boulevard extension. Works are also progressing well with the additional extension of Boardwalk Boulevard into Featherbrook. The extensive landscaping of the Stage 9 wetland and park surrounds (to be known as Featherbrook Park) have begun. When completed the park and wetland will cover an area of close to 4.5ha or 11acres. The landscape works will include extensive bike and pedestrian pathways linking the Featherbrook trail from the north to the south, large areas of decorative paving, an extensive childrens playground, an architecturally designed shade structure, seating, tables, wide expanses of low water use grassing and garden beds full of drought tolerant plants. When completed over 5,000 trees, shrubs and groundcover plants will have been planted within Featherbrook Park. |
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