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The population of regional Australia will boom in the coming decades as the boundaries of major centres are redrawn in a bid to ease the housing crisis.
The Plan for Victoria blueprint reveals the outskirts of Geelong, Ballarat, and Bendigo will be among the first to be developed, with an additional 200,000 homes to be built over the next 30 years.
The document features 22 concrete actions, including carefully managing the outward sprawl of regional cities and towns to accommodate more homes.
Boundaries will expand if consistent with the vision for the areas, as long as councils and other authorities can provide essential infrastructure like water and sewerage to cope with more people.
Many small places won’t expand, the 92-page document says.
The details were revealed by Premier Jacinta Allan and Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny on Feb. 28.
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Melbourne’s defined boundary and others identified, or soon to be, on the Bellarine Peninsula, Bass and Surf coasts, and Macedon Ranges, remain unchanged.
Allan, who lives in Bendigo, said the plan would promote sustainable and even growth and protect agricultural land.
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