$16.25m will replace asbestos-ridden building at 10 VIC schools

Asbestos ridden buildings at 10 schools will be demolished and replaced with state-of-the-art modular classrooms costing $16.25 million in the VIC government's $155m School Asbestos Removal Program. The current phase includes the demolition and replacement of buildings at 30 schools. 
Sep 17, 2017

Asbestos ridden buildings at 10 schools will be demolished and replaced with state-of-the-art modular classrooms costing $16.25 million in the VIC government's $155m School Asbestos Removal Program. The current phase includes the demolition and replacement of buildings at 30 schools.

The first 10 schools benefitting from this round of funding are: 

  • Southmoor Primary School 
  • Altona Primary School 
  • Frankston Heights Primary School 
  • Fyans Park Primary School 
  • Glengala/Sunshine West Primary School 
  • Highton Primary School 
  • Mount Waverley Heights Primary School 
  • Yallourn North Primary School 
  • Moe (South Street) Primary School
  • Bayles Regional Primary School 

When elected, the Andrews Government undertook an extensive, state-wide audit of 1712 government schools, which found 497 schools contained high-risk asbestos. The asbestos was removed from all of these schools by March 2016.

The Victorian Budget 2017/18 provides $85 million to remove more asbestos from more schools, including funding to install the first 30 of the 100 proposed modular school rooms.