Ballarat Council hopes work to better Victoria Park will be funded

The City of Ballarat says work it’s doing behind the scenes to make Victoria Park an appealing place for events will hopefully get funded.

Despite attracting upwards of 30,000 concert-goers last year in Ballarat, ‘Spilt Milk’ won’t go ahead this year after being called off nationally.

Council Chief Executive Evan King says they’ve applied for $5.3m through the Regional Tourism Investment Fund for the project.

“[The funding will go] to looking at putting in drainage, putting in electricity, putting in water and some roadworks,” he said.

“If we can try and reduce that bump in costs a bit, then hopefully we can play our part in trying to keep those events we’ve got and attract new events.”