On May 31, in an official announcement from Maree Edwards, Member for Bendigo West, the project for the refurbishment of the Harcourt Railway Station has been revived. In October 2016, The Core featured a story on the Harcourt Railway Station
building possibly becoming available as a community resource. Jacinta Allan (Minister of Transport at the time)  and Maree Edwards gave support, and  VicTrack (the body responsible for railway land, assets and infrastructure in Victoria) led the project, working with Mount Alexander Shire and the Harcourt Progress Association. Then in September 2018, Bendigo Metro was announced and the project for Harcourt was put on the back burner. Happily the project lives again.