incorporated plan: queenscliff ferry terminal
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Incorporated Plan: Queenscliff Ferry Terminal Implementation Plan 2010
ID Category Description
1 BUS STOP AND TAXI
RANK
- Improve set down and pick up area for all vehicles, including public
transport and taxis.
- This area will include a new bus stop (alternative bus stop at Wharf
Street roundabout during busy periods).
2 GROUP ASSEMBLY
AREA
- To provide an extra area for passengers during busy school and public
holiday periods.
- To provide for management of school and tour groups.
- To provide for management of large groups such as Around the Bay
bike ride.
- To provide a set down area for buses and taxis
- Provide an area for foot passengers to sit and rest.
- Provide potential for a sheltered / covered area to protect foot-
passengers from the weather. The design of the shelter is to consider
and respond to criteria for the use and development of coastal Crown
Land and the siting and design guidelines relevant to a Coastal
Management Act consent.
- Not to be used for passenger or staff car parking.
- Clearly delineate potential loading bay.
3 CAR PARKING AND
LANDSCAPING
- Expand car parking area for ferry passengers and provide landscaping
to improve the visual amenity of the area.
4 VEHICLE FERRY
BOARDING LANES
- Improve vehicle access from the roundabout to the vehicle ticket office.
Provide for vehicle queuing and inspection of vehicles.
5 ACCESS LANE TO
PASSENGER
TERMINAL
- Improve access from the roundabout to the Ferry Passenger Terminal
for emergency and service vehicles, and public transport by providing
an inbound lane that is separate to the Vehicle Ferry Boarding Lanes
(ID4).
5A INTERNAL
CIRCULATION LANES
- Improve access and circulation within the Ferry Terminal and Car
Parking area.
6 FERRY TERMINAL EXIT
LANES
- Improve egress from Ferry to roundabout for all vehicles, including
cyclists.
7 DIRECTIONAL
SIGNAGE
- Improve directional signage that directs drivers into either the ferry
boarding lanes or car park and passenger terminal.
8 SECURITY FENCING
(EXISTING)
- Provide for security fencing, gates and other measures in accordance
with security legislation.
9 PASSENGER
TERMINAL BUILDING
- To meet the needs of ferry passengers.
- Potential to replace existing passenger terminal building with a modern
and functional building, that provides views over Port Phillip Bay and
which marks it as a gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula and Queenscliff.
- Passenger Terminal to be a maximum height of 8.5 metres above the
ground level, inclusive of any changes to the ground level required to
accommodate the projected sea level rise for 2060 (0.4 metres).
Activities to include ticket sales, café, indoor/outdoor area, plus
potential tourism information.
- The design of the passenger terminal building is to consider and
respond to criteria for the use and development of coastal Crown Land
and the siting and design guidelines relevant to Coastal Management
Act consent.
10 PEDESTRIAN PATH
CONNECTING FERRY
PASSENGER
TERMINAL,
QUEENSCLIFF
HARBOUR AND BEACH
- As part of the Borough of Queenscliffe network of foreshore paths, a
pedestrian path will be provided from Queenscliff Harbour to the Ferry
Passenger Terminal and beach (subject to the consent of the Public
Land Manager, i.e. Parks Victoria).
11 ENHANCEMENT AND
REVEGETATION OF
FORESHORE
- Contribute to the Borough of Queenscliffe’s and Parks Victoria
enhancement of the foreshore’s natural environment (Parks Victoria /
Borough of Queenscliffe will be responsible for implementing
revegetation).
- Also refer to Native Vegetation Precinct Plan.
12 WHARF AND SHEET
PILE WALL
- Replace wharf and sheet pile. Provide viewing and outdoor resting area
overlooking ‘The Cut’ for passengers waiting to board with their
vehicles.
13 SHELTER - Following consultation with Borough of Queenscliffe, Parks Victoria to
relocate shelter to a new location.
14 CONNECTION POINTS
TO COUNCILS
NETWORK OF
FORESHORE PATHS
- Provide for connection points to the Borough of Queenscliffe network of
foreshore paths that extend from Queenscliff Ferry Terminal and
Queenscliff Harbour to Fort Queenscliff (Borough of Queenscliffe /
Parks Victoria are responsible for completion of paths).
15 POTENTIAL LOADING
BAY
- To be located adjacent to the passenger terminal building and is only to
be used by delivery vehicles whilst transferring goods.
- Provide rollover kerb for delivery vehicles
- Clearly delineate between the Delivery Bay and Group Assembly Area
16 ADVERTISING
SIGNAGE
To replace existing and provide new advertising signage, including:
- Replace existing signage on the central traffic island leading to the car
park
- Shift the sign on the western facade of the ticket office several metres
forward so to improve visibility of the ‘ticket price sign’ for approaching
vehicles
- Affix a new sign on the southern side of the ticket office
- Paint the QFT logo along the security fence on the eastern edge of the
car park
- Replace the existing sign on the rooftop of the cafe
- Affix a new sign on the northern facade of the cafe
- Replace the existing sign on the western facade of the cafe.
17 WAYFINDING SIGNAGE To replace existing and provide new wayfinding signage. Wayfinding signage
will be provided to guide the movement of people and vehicles to and within
the QFT site. The wayfinding signage includes traffic and pedestrian
directional signage. Wayfinding signage will be located as follows:
- For vehicles, wayfinding signage will be provided along Wharf Street
and within the Queenscliff Ferry Terminal, including signage to
encourage slow vehicle speeds,
- For pedestrians, wayfinding signage will be provided along the
pedestrian path adjacent to Wharf Street. Additional wayfinding signage
will be placed within the Queenscliff Ferry Terminal and Queenscliff
Harbour to encourage pedestrians to use the designated paths and not
the road.
Note: All paths will be developed in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.
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1 Bus stop and Taxi Rank - Alternative stop at Wharf St round about for busy periods
2 Group Assembly Area
3 Car Parking and Landscaping
4 Queuing lanes for boarding vehicles
5 Access lane to Passenger terminal (For Emergency vehicles, buses, taxis, parking & Cafe)
5a Internal circulation lanes
6 Ferry terminal exit lanes
7 Overhead directional signage
8 Security Fencing (existing)
9 Future upgrade to passenger terminal Building
10 Pedestrian Path connecting Ferry Terminal, Harbour and beach
11 Enhancement and Re-vegetation of Foreshore (Council, Parks Victoria)
12 Future replacement of Wharf and Sheet Piling
13 Shelter to be relocated (Parks Victoria)
14 Connection point to Council’s network of Foreshore Paths
15 Potential loading bay
16 Advertising Signage
17 Way-finding Signage: Locations to be determined in consultation with Council
Existing Ferry Terminal Lease
Proposed addition to Ferry Terminal
Proposed Road Zone1
Car Park and landscaping boundary
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Passenger Terminal
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