Construction begins on the new Melton Hospital

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Construction is under way on Victoria’s $900-million Melton Hospital project which, when completed, will be capable of treating 130,000 patients annually.

Located on a 68,000sqm site on Ferris Road, the Hospital will have more than 274 beds and include a 24-hour emergency department, an intensive care unit, mental health services, maternity and neonatal service, outpatient care, and teaching, training and research spaces.

The project is expected to create more than 2400 construction jobs and close to 4000 healthcare positions in its first operational year. Completion is scheduled for 2029.

The facility is to be Victoria’s first fully electric hospital, using carbon-neutral power from day one of operations.

It will serve the rapidly expanding communities of Melton, Caroline Springs, Rockbank, Bacchus Marsh and Gisborne, forming part of the planned Cobblebank Metropolitan Activity Centre that also includes plans for the five-storey Cobblebank Community Services Hub on a 6850sq m site at the intersection of Hollingsworth and Stadium drives.

That 8039sq m development comprises flexible office space and community services 400m from Cobblebank Train Station.

Read more on the new Melton Hospital here.