Location: | Pakenham, Victoria |
Coordinates: | -38.103°N 145.461°W |
Status: | proposed |
Fia Grade: | 2 (proposed) |
Owner: | Set to open to tender process[1] |
Architect: | Apex Circuit Design[2] |
Length Km: | 3.6 |
The Cardinia Motor Recreation and Education Park is a planned motorsport and driver education facility at Pakenham, an outer southeastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was proposed to have a race track built to FIA Grade 2 standard, along with other facilities. It received approval from the Cardinia Shire Council in December 2019 and was expected to start construction within six months.[3] The site was previously the home of both the Koo Wee Rup Motor Cycle Club and the Pakenham Auto Club.[4] The proposal had been in planning since 2013, with a view to reducing hoon driving in the area.[5]
Other facilities in the complex are proposed to include a skid pan, go-kart track and clay pigeon shooting range. Earlier plans also included a dragstrip.[6] It is also expected to have a hotel with views over the circuit.[7]