New projects 2025-26
Project name | TEI range | Project description |
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Horsham Renewable Energy Park | 250 million - <500 million | The SEC Renewable Energy Park - Horsham is a 100% publicly owned utility-scale renewable energy project in Victoria’s west, near Horsham. Construction has begun on the 119-megawatt solar farm and 100-megawatt two-hour battery storage system. Once operational in 2027, the facility will be capable of generating around 242,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy a year - enough renewable energy to power around 51,000 homes. |
Housing Support Program - Priority Works (statewide) | 100 million - <250 million | Funding of $249 million from the Commonwealth Government’s Housing Support
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Land acquisition (various) | 100 million - <250 million | Land will be acquired in municipalities across Victoria including Casey, Darebin, Melbourne, and Melton. |
Modular Classrooms Program (statewide) | 100 million - <250 million | The Modular Classrooms Program relieves pressure at schools that are reaching their capacity and to provide additional functional spaces for learning. |
New schools construction 2025-26 (statewide) | 250 million - <500 million | Investment to deliver two new schools and four additional stages at new schools, funding to expand capacity at three recently opened schools, as well as planning and design of a new expansion at one school.
Additional stages at new schools:
Expansions at recently-opened schools:
Planning for expansion at new schools:
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Planned Maintenance Program | 100 million - <250 million | The 2025‑26 State Budget has provided $115.5 million to support the Planned Maintenance Program, which addresses defects in priority assets in response to the proactive Rolling Facilities Evaluation and is a continuous program of works across the school system. |
Regional rail sustainability (statewide) | 100 million - <250 million | Funding is provided to support regional rail network operations including operating and maintenance costs for Regional Rail Revival program assets and V/Line corporate and operational costs. Funding is also provided for V/Line to deliver major periodic and routine maintenance works, to maintain the sustainability of the regional passenger rail network. |
Road Blitz (statewide) | 1 billion - <5 billion | Funding is provided in partnership with the Commonwealth Government to upgrade roads in growing suburbs, reducing congestion, improving safety and better connecting our suburbs and regions including:
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Road Safety Action Plan 2 (statewide) | 100 million - <250 million | Funding is provided for a package of road safety infrastructure initiatives to deliver the second action plan in the Government’s 10-year road safety strategy, including:
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School Upgrades 2025-26 | 250 million - <500 million | The 2025‑2026 State Budget has provided $321.7 million for 35 upgrade projects. |
SRP Maintenance and Minor Works | 100 million - <250 million | The 2025-26 state budget has provided $105.0 million to enable schools to undertake critical routine and reactive maintenance. |
Sunshine Station Superhub (metropolitan various) | 1 billion - <5 billion | Funding is provided in partnership with the Commonwealth Government to untangle a complex section of the rail network around Sunshine Station. A program of works across more than six kilometres of track from West Footscray to Albion will include two new dedicated regional platforms and an extended concourse at Sunshine Station, three new rail bridges, new and upgraded tracks, new signalling technology, and realigned passenger and freight lines. These works are an important precursor to the construction of Melbourne Airport Rail. They will also prepare the station for future upgrades to the rail network in Melbourne’s west, paving the way for more train services for the growing communities of Melton and Wyndham Vale. Sunshine Station Superhub works are expected to start in early 2026 and be completed in 2030. |
Werribee Main Road Interchange Upgrade (Werribee) | 250 million - <500 million | Funding is provided to upgrade four intersections, improve Princes Freeway on-off ramps, and provide an additional lane on the existing Werribee Main Road bridge crossing the Princes Freeway to improve travel times and road safety. |
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