Leneva-Baranduda is a major growth front for Wodonga and North East Victoria, vital to ensuring the state’s prosperity.
This new community will support the rapid economic growth of Wodonga’s central business area during the next five decades. Leneva-Baranduda has the capacity to eventually house more than 35,000 residents and double the size of Wodonga.
Wodonga is experiencing one of the strongest growth rates in regional Victoria and is expected to reach a population of more than 50,000 people by 2034.
This development is a unique opportunity to plan a comprehensive, integrated, sustainable and water-smart development within north-east Victoria.
The Leneva-Baranduda urban growth zone, once developed, will mean:
- Creation of housing for 35,000 residents of which 17,676 will be working residents;
- Estimated employment capacity of 5641 people in the growth zone;
- Provision of a variety of housing types in a unique natural amphitheatre that will meet the current and future requirements of the community;
- Provision of well-located, attractive and safe open spaces;
- Provision of a modern, integrated, targeted and well-used public transport system;
- An integrated extension to our walking and cycling friendly city;
- A comprehensively planned extension that links housing, employment, local services and open space; and,
- An integrated, sustainable approach to water and stormwater use, reuse and management.
The council received funding from the Victorian Government to undertake the precinct structure plan for stage one of this development. With development now under way in this first part of the Leneva-Baranduda Growth Area, consideration is now being given to the planning for stage two of the corridor.