VICTORIAN Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan last week unveiled the final designs for the five underground stations to be built as part of the Metro Tunnel project, which she said will combine functionality, space and natural light with the latest in public transport infrastructure design.
WITH a bike lane able to carry three times as many people as a traffic lane in less than half the space, getting more city commuters onto bikes is a vital piece to solving the transport congestion puzzle, according to a City of Melbourne discussion paper released last week.
THE final scoping requirements for the Environment Effect Statement (EES) for the Mordialloc Freeway project have been signed off, with the EES to now be prepared by VicRoads in consultation with DELWP and a technical reference group consisting of statutory agencies, departments and local councils.
THE Victorian Government has established a dedicated advisory committee to improve stormwater management as part of an effort to create more liveable cities and healthier waterways and improve Victoria's environment.
VICTORIAN Planning Minister Richard Wynne last week announced that new regulations have come into force that better define 'affordable housing' and make it easier for Councils and developers to negotiate voluntary agreements to include affordable homes in residential developments.
THE Victorian Government last week unveiled the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Amendment Bill 2018 to modernise and strengthen the existing Act, which has been in place for nearly 30 years and no longer reflects current conservation knowledge and approaches to regulation.
THE Victorian Government last week announced that the state's most iconic natural areas will now have better developmental protection following the successful passage of the Distinctive Areas and Landscapes Bill 2017 through State Parliament.
THE City of Melbourne will deliver its biggest budget ever in 2018/19, with more than $576 million worth of community services, initiatives and capital works projects designed to help the city cope with an unprecedented population increase in coming years.
The City of Melbourne has welcomed the Victorian Planning Minister's decision to approve a planning permit for what it has described as Australia's most sustainable mixed-use development on the Council-owned Munro site.
THE Victorian Government last week said that drivers in Melbourne's south-east are a step closer to the 'congestion-busting' Mordialloc Freeway, with two contractors now shortlisted to start works on the new freeway.
OFF-PEAK public transport fares, an expansion of the car parking levy and an overhaul of bus services are among key recommendations made by Infrastructure Victoria to tackle growing congestion in Melbourne.
THE City of Melbourne has released the third of eight transport discussion papers to inform a new Transport Strategy for the municipality, with its latest Public Transport Network discussion paper describing the public transport system as being critical to a liveable, prosperous and sustainable city.
THE Victorian Government last week said that procurement will begin on the North East Link project within the first 100 days of a re-elected Labor Government, with the 2018-19 State Budget to include $110 million to fast-track the completion of detailed planning and design.
