Beach Street final concept design

BEACH STREET SEPARATED QUEUING LANE FINAL CONCEPT DESIGN NOVEMBER 2015

What we heard

Overall Prefered Option - OPTION 3

PORT MELBOURNE WATERFRONT URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK

Consultation Process

The following community and stakeholder consultation

occurred as part the Concept Design Options consultation

process:

• ‘Have Your Say’ consultation website including an on-line

survey – completed by 18 persons

• Port Melbourne Waterfront UDF e-mailing list newsletter

sent to 758 interested persons and organisations

• External Stakeholder Workshop #2 on 2 September 2015

– attended by 18 persons from an invite list of 37 persons

• Council Website - project webpage

• Drop-In Information Session on 7 September 2015 -

attended by 7 persons

• Internal Stakeholder Workshop #2 on 16 September 2015

• Port of Melbourne Corporation and Trans-Tasman Line

meeting on 23 September 2015

Submissions Recieved

• A total of thirty-nine (39) written submissions were

received during the consultation period.

• Eighteen (18) submissions were received from participants

at the External Stakeholder Workshop 2

• Eighteen (18) submissions were received through “Have

Your Say” survey.

• Two (2) submissions were received by email from residents

• One (1) submission received from Port of Melbourne

Corporation

• One (1) submission verbally received from Trans-Tasman

Line

GENERAL COMMENTS

• Option1 is preferred due to its simplicity but it may not be able

to achieve the desired improvement. It’s well worth a try. •

Would like more information regarding the detail of the traffi c

management proposals

• Option 1 is totally inadequate to address the issue of accessing

properties in Beach St when queuing gridlocks the Princes St

roundabout.

GENERAL COMMENTS

• They are all very similar except the destruction of landscaping in

option 3. none are imaginative. 2 seems slightly better than 1 in

widened roundabout access

• Seems to be the best option for all stakeholders.

• Congestion occurs pre-roundabout. To be honest, adding

a road bike lane in Option1 and 2 makes it more congested

surely. Option 3 at least gives people in cars a bit more queuing

space. But it takes a lot away.

• This is a highly congested area even in the winter months. I

believe there is a huge short sighted vision in not looking to

replacement of berthing for the Spirit of Tasmania to the new

Redevelopment of the Port.

GENERAL COMMENTS

• It’s the only one which has a chance of solving the queuing

problem - the others will make no effective difference.

• Option 3 appears to cater for more queuing vehicles and

provides better amenity in the area immediately north of Station

Pier

• Best solution for local amenity, pedestrian and cyclists while

providing improvements for traffi c associated with ships.

Opportunity for community market and community activity area

a real plus.

• The best option to actually deal with the queuing for the Spirit.

• It’s the most practical to deal with a diffi cult situation.

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BEACH STREET SEPARATED QUEUING LANE CONCEPT DESIGN OPTIONS SEPTEMBER 2015



Final Concept Design Approach PORT MELBOURNE WATERFRONT URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK

STAGE 2: Minor Upgrade -

Beach Street/Watefront Place

WINTER 2016

STAGE 1: Traffi c Management

SUMMER 2015/2016

STAGE 3: Major Upgrade -

Waterfront Place/Station Pier Carpark

Post 2017

• Expansion of traffi c management by PoMC during cruise

ship docking and Spirit of Tasmania sailing to include the

Beach Street roundabout - NEW

• Better utilisation of the Station Pier carpark for queuing

during peak sailing periods

• Further investigation of additional traffi c management

options for TT-Line and PoMC to put in place - NEW

• Capture baseline traffi c queuing and movement data -

NEW

• Capture traffi c queuing and movement change data

to determine both effectiveness of management

improvements and full scope of Stage 2 works - NEW

• on-road bike lane along Beach St between Beach St roundabout and Bay St

on both sides of road

• temporary queuing lane for use during peak periods from Bay Street to

Waterfront Place - inclusion of widened lane through the roundabout will be

dependant on the traffi c analysis data received from Stage 1

• pedestrian crossing improvements around Beach Street roundabout

• no pedestrian lights - NEW

Additional elements have been included in response to community feedback

that were not part of the previous concept design options.

They are -

• native coastal landscape in two locations - next to the Rotunda and adjacent

to the roundabout - NEW

• a new pedestrian beach access terrace to improve the closest access to the

beach from the Port Melbourne Waterfront area. The terraced deck will also

function as a gathering spot - NEW

• capture traffi c queuing and movement change data to determine both

effectiveness of improvements and full scope of Stage 3 works - NEW

• Investigate upgrading fence to the TT-Line truck park - NEW

Consistent with the majority of the feedback from the community,

Council is proposing to pursue the detailed design of the Waterfront

Place/Station Pier Carpark as the fi nal stage of this approach. It will

include the following parts of the project -

• approval of detailed design brief for the whole area, including the

Waterfront Place plaza fronting onto the tram stop

• develop detailed design with community and relevant stakeholders

• approval of fi nal design for construction

• continue to seek fi nancial contribution to the fi nal construction

from related state departments and associated businesses




Final Concept Design ApproachPORT MELBOURNE WATERFRONT URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK



WINTER 2016

Vehicle queuing

lane entrance with

removable bollards

New trees in parking

area to demarcate

temporary lane

New pedestrian crossing with

extension to existing median

and new refuge to strengthen

link from Stokes St to Rotunda

Improvements to

pedestrian crossing

including relocated

warning lights and

linemarking

New pedestrian crossings

Investigate improved on-

road cycling facilities

Removal of islands to allow

for queuing and through traffi c

Widened access to Station

Pier to separate through

and queuing traffi c. Extend

pedestrian crossings, modify

lighting and install removable

bollards

Roundabout queuing

lane access with

removable bollards

Driveway crossing levelled and

remarked to improve pedestrian

and bike safety Shared zone

pavement

treatment

Shared zone pavement

treatment. Vehicle access

design to be reviewed with

yacht club

Slow down area tactile

pavement marking to reduce

cyclist speed and raise

awareness of confl ict points

Consolidate pedestrian

access to rotunda

New concrete and

timber deck with ramps,

steps, seating and shade

umbrellas

Realigned pedestrian crossing

New removable

bollards and relocated

palm trees

Shared paths

realigned

to improve

sightlines

pedestrian

and cycle

lane retained

as separate

New turf, shrub planting,

trees and benches

New on-road bike lane

New on-road bike lane




Final Concept Design ApproachPORT MELBOURNE WATERFRONT URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK



WINTER 2016

Non-queuing use (majority of year)

View of Beach Street Roundabout

View of Beach Street Roundabout

View of Waterfront Place

View of Waterfront Place

Queuing use (minority of year)

Beach Street final concept design

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