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WORKSHOP OUTCOMES REPORTDECEMBER 2016

HIGHTON URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK - DECEMBER 2016 PAGE 2

INTRODUCTION

This bulletin provides information on the outcomes of the Shape Highton Village workshop held on 14 November 2016.

The City conducted a workshop session with residents, businesses, community associations, schools and government agencies to start a masterplan for the future of the Highton Village.

130 representatives gathered at the Highton Bowls Club to uncover the community aspirations for the Highton Village and debate ideas presented by the Design Team. The workshop was designed and conducted by independent facilitators Lynda Jones and Bob Campbell from groupwork.

Council and the community were assisted by an expert Design Team.

Our Design Team are: • Steve Thorne - Design Urban • Drew Matthews - ESR Transport

Planning• Damon Obst - Outlines Landscape

Architecture

At the three hour session discussion groups considered: • Their aspirations for the future

Highton Village; and • Design ideas presented by the

Design Team under three themes - Movement and Access, Urban Design and Land Use and Look and Feel.

WORKSHOP FINDINGS REPORT PAGE 3

DESIGN IDEAS

In the lead up to the workshop our Design Team spent time observing the functioning of the Village and considering possible design responses to what they saw.

The merits of the ideas presented were then debated by the workshop groups.

A full copy of the presentations are included as an appendix to the report. The opportunities presented are summarised on the following pages.

FUTURE OUTCOMES SOUGHT WHAT, FOR WHOM, FOR WHAT PURPOSE

Vehicle free Boulevard; Between Taylor Court and Village WalkFor whom: Pedestrians, vehicles and cyclistsPurpose: Safety of people and creating a community area

A safe and easy place to get to by foot, cycle or vehicleFor whom: For the community Purpose: To use as a community

Highton Village Hub to be a unique shopping and lifestyle precinctFor whom: For families Purpose: To enjoy so that we have a distinct point of difference from other shopping areas

Pedestrian access, safety, tripping hazardsFor whom: Elderly, school children, disabled, pramsPurpose: Safety – pavement quality

Retain what we have nowFor whom: Everyone, older peoplePurpose: Keep existing services

Financially viable shopping centre For whom: Residents, traders and visitors Purpose: Best of shopping; a place where people want to come and enjoy it

Activities for childrenFor whom: ChildrenPurpose: Better experience for children

Lots more parkingFor whom: For workers and shoppers Purpose: So that the community can shop locally rather than go somewhere else

Working in groups, participants took it in turns to talk about one thing important to them for the future Highton Village. The groups then developed future outcome statements.

Examples of the Future Highton Village outcome statements are included below that cover the wide range of future scenarios and options discussed. All comments raised are included in the breakdown of comments later in the report and in the unedited outputs report.

Most participants thought the Future Highton Village was more than a shopping centre, the spaces and places should be designed for all ages and it was central to the Highton community.


PARkingParking was one of the most debated topics. There is high demand for parking in the centre at peak times.

Opportunities for additional parking discussed included: • Short term angle parking in Belle

Vue Avenue; • As part of a road connection on

the west side of Woolworths;• Multi deck car park on the

Council car park site; • Long term parking on Belle Vue

Avenue, south of Roslyn Road or surrounding the Highton Reserve.

Each of the options discussed have varying costs, level of convenience, yield of spaces and impacts on pedestriansafetyandtrafficflows.

Altering parking time restrictions to create more short term spaces and the use of parking fees were also discussed

MOVEMENT AND ACCESSDrew Matthews the Transport Engineer provided the following design ideas for how movement and access in the Village could be improved.

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Roslyn Road

Potential additional parking locations


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The City will be installing raised pedestrian crossings on three legs of the intersection of Roslyn Road and Belle Vue Avenue.

The crossing points will increase safety for pedestrians accessing the shopping centre and children accessing local schools.

These works will be undertaken in early 2017.

The intersection at Barrabool Road and Belle Vue Ave could be altered to remove the ‘roundabout’ and create a right turn lane into the centre from Barrabool Road.

There are a number of design solutions for how this could be achieved. A concept design is shown to the left.


Pros• Trafficislandallowsforsafepedestriancrossing• Smallspaceinthetrafficislandforpublicevents• Lotsofwell-establishedtreesandplants

Cons• Cyclistsmixedwithtraffic• Excessivelywidecarlanesandparking• Viewfrommostpublicseatsistotraffic• Vehicleshavepriority• Parallelparkingmovementsdelayingthroughtraffic

Cross section 01

BeLLe Vue AVenue sTReeTsCAPes

The following cross sections were presented as options to use the wide road reserve of Belle Vue Avenue between Barrabool Road and Roslyn Road. Each option gives road users alternative amounts of space and priority.

Pros• Largespaceforpubliceventsandmarkets• Morepublicplacestolingerandstay• Sunnypublicspaceformoretreesandalfrescodining• Roomforfunctionsforchildren,youthandelderly• Safepedestriancrossingwithreducedcarlanewidth• Pedestrianshavepriority

Cons• ReconfigurationofBelleVueAvecarparking• Nodesignatedbicyclelanes• Lessstreetparking

Cross section 02


Pros• Morestreetparking• Widerfootpaths• Designatedbicyclelanes• Angleparkinghaslessimpacttothroughtraffic

Cons• Vehicleshavepriority• Parkingdominatesthestreetscape• Twotreesatthepedestriancrossingimpactedbyrelocatedtrafficlanes

Cross section 03

Pros• Largespaceforpubliceventsandmarkets• Moreplacestolingerandstay• Sunnypublicspaceformoretreesandalfrescodining• Roomforfunctionsforchildren,youthandelderly• Safepedestriancrossingretained• Designatedbicyclelanes• Pedestrians,cyclistsandvehiclessharepriority

Cons• ReconfigurationofBelleVueAvecarparking• NorightturnoutoforintoTaylorCourt• Lessstreetparking

Cross section 04


BACks And FRonTs

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“Backs and Fronts”



URBAN DESIGN

The Village has a high quality public realm and strong village character. However, where the backs of buildings front on to prominent public spaces they detract from the attractiveness of the Village.

SteveThornetheUrbanDesignexpertidentifiedtwolocationswherethebacksofbuildings could be improved in the Village and possible solutions for discussion.

1. Woolworths loading bay and connection to Highton Walk

2. Council car parking site fronting Belle Vue Avenue

WORKSHOP FINDINGS REPORT PAGE 9Lane Edge

LAne edge

A solution to the blank walls adjoining Woolworths is the relocation of the loading bay to the west side of the building and the creation of an access road from Barrabool Road to Roslyn Road.

An active frontage of small shops could then be created where the loading bay is currently located.

This concept requires the demolition of the library building. The service could be relocated within the Centre, as part of a new development or closed.

The loading bay could be sleeved to ensure a high quality presentation to the open space. The concept image to the left shows how this could be achieved.

Additional parking could be provided as part of the new road to service the shopping area and sportsfield.Concept image of development fronting the Reserve


deVeLoPmenT PoTenTiAL - CounCiL CAR PARk siTe

The second location where blank walls detract from the pedestrian environment is the Council car park. The site is very well connected to the regional road network making it an ideal site for additional parking supply and a mixed use development to extend the retail frontage of Belle VueAvenue.Someformofcommercialdevelopmentwouldcontributetothefinancingofamulti deck car parking site.

Theconceptideadiscussedincludedthreestoreysandamixofretailofficeandcarparking.We discussed that a development like this could include the relocated library service.

Existing conditions Ground Floor retail and car parking

FirstFloorOfficeandcarparking Second Floor apartments


PuTTing THe ideAs TogeTHeR

This image combines these ideas into a potential masterplan that could improve the amenity of the Village, provide additional public open space, car parking supply, retail space,housingandofficespacewithintheheart of the Village.

Potential concept masterplan


WHAT WE HEARD

Parking was the most frequently mentioned topic. More is needed - this could be provided within the Reserve, southern part of Bell Vue Avenue in the drainage reserve or in a multi deck car park. There is a need to encourage workers to park out of the centre to free up spaces for shoppers. AngleparkingintheshoppingareaofBelleVuewillimpactontrafficflowandsafety.

Traffic improvements toBarraboolRoadtrafficsignalstoimprovetrafficflowissupported.NeedtoconsiderwhererighthandturnsareappropriatewithintheVillagecentretoimprovetrafficflowandsafety.Removing or altering the non-roundabout roundabout is necessary to improve safety.

Rear laneway behind Woolworths should be closed or the appearance improved. Support from many participants to relocate the Woolworths loading bay and create an alternative access road between Barrabool Road and Roslyn Road.

Safety of walkers and cyclists is very important and needs improvement.

Residential apartments in the centre will impact on the Village character.

Council car park site for redevelopment as small retail shops on the and multi-deck car park behind is supported by many participants.

Public spaces, play areas, meeting spaces and spaces for young people are limited and should be increased. The library service should be retained but not necessarily in the existing building.

Central median space in Belle Vue Avenue should be better utilised. Alfresco dining and after hour trading should be encouraged. Pop-up activities such as retail, events, markets and food trucks to create activity in public spaces are an opportunity for the Village.

Uniformed pavement surface and removal of tripping hazards was strongly supported. Warm and natural materials should be used for pavements.

Village Walk pedestrian areas should be upgraded. A covered walkway was a popular suggestion.

Lighting upgrades for functional and decorative purposes are needed. Seating, bins, toilets and water fountains should be expanded and upgraded.

Trees and greenery are important to the existing character and should be retained and enhanced.

Public art and local history references in the streetscape upgrades are important.

Theconsistentthemesthatwereidentifiedfromtherecordingofthediscussion and written comments are:


Traffic management• Betterflowoftraffic• Restrict access by semi-trailers and

generallyreducetrafficthroughcentre• Vehicles go to roundabouts – they

cannot turn at supermarket entrance• Support the removal of the fake

roundabout• Remove Taylor Court Roundabout• Right arrow/turning land into Belle

Vue from Barrabool (right turn green dropout)

• Improve entry and exit in to and out of Council car park

• SlowingdowntrafficonBarraboolRoad

• Consideroveralltrafficflowe.g.vehicles entering and leaving new high rise apartments to be built on Barrabool Road

• Roundabout at Mt Pleasant Road• Less vehicles through Belle Vue Ave• Fix safety issue with cars turning right

into Belle Vue from WW’s car park• Barrabool Road – lights/intersections

dangerous• Remove driveway/vehicular access

outside Doctors Clinic (Village Walk) • Remove the non-roundabout

completely (dangerous) • Truck turning in triangle on football

fieldonBarraboolRoad• Ambulance and emergency access• Connect Council car park and Taylor

Court via small bridge over the creek• Join central median and roundabout

in Belle Vue to restrict right turn from Taylor Court

• Speed humps in Patern Street• Convert Roslyn Road/Belle Vue

Ave junction to signals to improve pedestrian safety

• Only left turns from Woolworths exits• Support crossings on Roslyn Road -

all legs of intersection• TrafficsignalsonBelleVue/Taylor

roundabout • 40km limit on Roslyn Road• Remove slip lane on roundabout at

BarraboolRoadandNorthValleyRoad

• Install signals at Roslyn Road and NorthValleyRoad

• Remove right turn from Taylor Court• 50km speed limit on Barrabool Road • TrafficlightsatMountPleasantRoad• Left turn only from Woolworths to

Roslyn Road

Parking• Lots more parking• Don’t want parking meters!• Definitelymoreparking• Multiple but underground• Eliminate staff parking within Village

to release customer parking • Review time restrains and include

policing• Angle parking on Belle Vue Avenue

not a good idea – too much space, safety and congestion

• Increase parking• Short-term parking on Barrabool Road• Parking on one side of Barrabool

Roadonly(Northside)toallowformore space for cyclists

• UtiliseNorth-Eastcornerofoval(onBarrabool Road) as car parking

• Noparkingfees• Angle parking on Belle Vue Avenue,

south of roundabout (on drainage reserve)

• Increase parking – but where?• Remove parking in Belle Vue• Angle parking on Roslyn Road,

remove trees and replace • Investigate purchase of future land for

car park • Potential connection between Roslyn

and Barrabool Roads through the edge of the reserve – more angled parking

• Access to Woolworths Car Park • One way driving in Woolworths Car

Park• Car park exits should have give way

signs for safety of pedestrians • Belle Vue Ave no angle parking • Belle Vue Ave yes to angle parking • Like overhead level parking – two

above and one underground • All day car parking – South Belle Vue• All day around oval – keep the trees• Car parking away from the centre • Staff parking away from shops• Provide car parking on the open, treed

space along Belle Vue Avenue• Parking - keep at 2 hour• Concern of fees/levies for parking• Parking app• Permits for workers• Long term parking• Only parking issues on Friday am,

Saturday am and Christmas

• More parking • Better managed• Controlled • Better utilise the oval, guide hall

and drainage reserve – corner of Pattern Street

• Support converting the car park into retail fronting Belle Vue and two storey car park at rear

• Two-storey car park (more?) • N.E.Cornerofoval(onBarrabool

Road): make car park?• Multi-level car park – more parking is

key • Car park – two levels only with shops • Staff parking outside main shops • Like multi-storey car park with

basement• Exitcarpark(leftturn)outoftopfloor

onto Roslyn Road• Avoid two storey car park (unsafe,

would minimise Village feel) • Disability parking only • Parking long term • Line marking for parking in Barrabool

Road and Roslyn Road• Permit parking for all day - parks 8.30

to 5.30 Either side of oval• Parking on oval• Parkingoppositethefishandchip

shop is too tight• Two storey parking over Council and

Woolworths sites • Extend Council car park east up

Roslyn Road• Create disabled space on east side of

Belle Vue Avenue• Expand parking onto property beside

laneway in Taylor Court• Monitor parking areas more frequently

- not just CBD • Access walk ways in Woolworths car

park - like Waurn Ponds• Maintain oversized parking bays -

speeds up change over

MOVEMENT AND ACCESS

The following tables are the all of the comments received. These are sorted into the following themes: • Movement and access• Urban design and land use• Look and feel


Buses• Route 43 to come past shopping area

on Roslyn Road• Cover the bus stops • Better public transport access• Bus Route 42:43 Junction – re route

to go past Highton Village • Busstoplocationisfinewhereis–

more about the bus routes connecting that is issue

• Visibility of bus stops and shelters

Pedestrian and cycling friendly and safe• A safe and easy place to get to by

foot, cycle or vehicle• Allow for pedestrian safety • Improved access, car parking and

movement (including pedestrians)• Easy access• Make conditions easier for cyclists

and pedestrians• Enhance pedestrian access from

Barrabool Road to the West along South side to the River – signage and pathways

• Pavement surfaces need to support safe pedestrian access

• Renew pedestrian pathways and car flow

• Remove kerb barriers and create walkways through Woolworths car park

Pedestrian crossings • Refresh markings (painted) on road at

pedestrian crossing • Pedestrian crossing needed on

Roslyn Road • Pedestrian crossing east of signals on

Barrabool (create one)• Put in crossing on Rosalyn (opposite

cricket pitch) and opposite Doctors surgery

• We like the pedestrian crossing on Belle Vue

• Create walkway between Highton Clinic and car park

• Create crossing near Woolworths exit onto Belle Vue

Cyclists• Improve access for cyclists• Cycle lanes on Barrabool and Roslyn

Road• Cycling safety an issue on Barrabool

and Roslyn• Increase bike lanes


Heritage, character and community feel• Retain, enhance the intimate

community feel• To feel it’s ‘ours’• Retain what we have now• Highton Village Hub to be a unique

shopping and lifestyle precinct• Maintain unique Village feel and

character (small businesses)• Safe, vibrant shopping centre• Financially viable shopping centre• Variety of shopping• It’s a shopping centre• Existing ‘feel’ – Village Vibe• Community feel/heritage• Celebrate local people and heritage• Stories, history and embedded

narrative within the streetscape• Aboriginalidentity(useNarang

Aboriginal Cultural Centre as a resource)

• Like size – small• Community feeling• Classical contemporary feel e.g. not

heritage or modern• Lose character of Village feel – multi-

story• Love it just the way it is• Retain special weekend atmosphere• Retain unique Village offering - Waurn

Ponds provides large mall when needed

Pavements• Reduce trip hazards, especially

footpaths • Revamped pavements and surfaces• Pavement materials, non-skid for

safety, easy to clean and maintain • Consistent paving etc.• Porous paving • Flat paving for the elderly • Paving to mark out areas• Different pavement for different areas

(smooth/level) – not a trip hazard• Warmer, natural materials, colour and

texture• Naturalmaterialstobeusede.g.

recycled, timber and rock• Walkways/neutral tones• Uniformity

signage• More signage• A new Highton Village sign• Use pavement to mark information• Pavements to provide clear distinction

of zones and access routes:• Markers, signs branding• Put up library sign

Arcade and laneways• Upgrade• Is very tired• Covered• Sun and rain protection • Green space• Tables and chairs • Lanewaytobebeautified• Redo entire areas – all ‘hotchpotch’• Improve visual appearance of back

laneways• Keep the laneway; murals and planter

boxes to beautify lane• Smaller shops in laneways• Roofed walkway between PO and

Butchers• Improve Village walk and add shops• Arcades to be covered• Under cover• Cover walkways • Old concrete needs replacing• Nicepaversandgreenerywillimprove

the area• Notsafeatnight

Landscaping and green spaces • Deciduous Trees• Replace overgrown trees causing

disrepair in pavers• Mosquito repellent plants• Remove large tree in Safeway car

park – continual source of bird droppings!

• Extend green space/spine from Barrabool Road (Sushi Shop) to Safeway

• Like the existing trees• Trees• Introduce more greenery• Hanging baskets• Planter boxes• Raised central grass strip • Selection of trees – light• Barrabool Road – spruce up with

trees• Must contain trees and green spaces• Maintain green spaces and outdoor

eating and drinking spaces (increase in Roslyn)

• Streetscape• More usable grassed area• Maintain trees to ensure access is not

compromised or unsafe • Keep trees• Trees• Keep the oval • Plant more trees• Relocate oval to west side of Ring

Road - Ceres • Retain trees and fairy lights • Shade trees needed in car park areas

- stop removing them• Don’t use open space for parking

LOOK AND FEEL


Public art• Public art to be encouraged • Graffitiwallsindeadwalls• Artwork

• To be featured wherever possible • To feature history of Highton

• Behind Safeway – art/murals• Street art e.g. Brunswick and Fitzroy• Art• More wall art workLighting• More decorative lighting at night• Lighting in trees • Lighting in pavement • Trees/colour/fairy lights• Lighting to be improved• Increased lighting• Lights in trees – atmosphere• Improve street lighting• More lights• Clean lamp posts on pedestrian

crossing

Rubbish Bins• Movement of bins • Designated bins• Areas to dispose of cigarette butts• More bins • Cover bins• Alternative location for bins preferably• Bin next to picnic table at the Library

seating and street furniture• Attractive and functional seating • Uniformity • Increased capacity • Street furniture replaced with new

stylish pieces• Seats with backrests and arms• More seating • More casual seating outdoors

shade and shelter• Community Amphitheatre • Facing oval • Shade sails• Wind protection – transparent• Shade • Shade and shelter• Awnings So pedestrians are protected

Water • Waterbottlefillingstations(potable)• More water/drinking taps • More water/drinking taps for dogs as

well• Water fountains

Cycling facilities• Bike racks

Power supply • Power supply for events

Public toilets• Better/more public toilets (near

playground) • Toilets retain or relocate to easy

accessed area• Improve amenities (toilets)• More public toilets• More toilets and rubbish bins including

public recycling bins• Keep some public toilets (increase

number)• More frequent cleaning of the toilets

necessary

other• CCTV• Public phone, remove as it only

attracts ‘dodgy’ people• Better storm water drainage• More bollards• Repainting of old building• Tidy up Taylor Lane• The clock was given by Rotary and if

reconsidering should be sensitive to this – ‘Would hate to read about it in the paper without any discussion’

• Litter and leaves need more regular cleaning


shops• Boutique shops • Small footprint shops• Consider moving clinic to new shops• Extra shops – two storey OK (with

officesetc.above–professionalse.g.accountants) – like new ones in Pak. St. (River end)

• Increase shops • Shops facing Barrabool Road

going through to the lane behind Woolworths making two entrances

• Extend shopping area onto Highton Reserve

• Expand shops west along Barrabool Road

• Retain boutique character• Retain and enhance compact centre -

not a long strip

Belle Vue Avenue • What does Belle Vue Avenue look like

and who has priority? • Option of pedestrian only mall on

Belle Vue • Cyclists and pedestrians only in Belle

Vue• Continuous central pedestrian area• Vehicle free Boulevard; Between

Taylor Court and Village Walk• Build a walk over on Belle Vue• Take cars out of Belle Vue• If you’ve made Belle Vue pedestrian

access one way you’d need to allow vehicle access at certain times of the dayforbusinessonpostoffice/bankside

• Block of Village at Roslyn Road – turn it into a mall

• NoCars!• Open up median space – multi-

function• Wasted space – make level• Centre garden bed to be brought to

street level• Remove raised beds on Central Area

(Retain trees!) • The Median Strip e.g. the trees and

seating• Pop-up - temporary use of Central

median• Community groups using median• Expand centre median to south

street activity and gathering places• Places for small children• Coffee area/kiosk near playground• Kiosk near playground• Outdoor dining areas• Wine bar/music• Places for music

• Places for bands• Wine bar• Coffee area/kiosk near playground• More alfresco dining• Alfresco dining• Food truck alley • Food vans• Alfresco dining areas – increase• TV Screens• Pop-up markets and stalls to be retail

driven• Pop-up-shops • Encourage buskers• Buskers• Places for buskers• Meeting place• Piped music• Space that can adapt• Monthly farmers market/stalls in the

laneways• Pop- up activities and temporary use

of space:• Footpath trading• Street events • Large scale events, night time activity• Wine bar and more restaurants and

cafes• Evening activities – improve lighting

and include CCTV• Needalfrescodiningareas• More alfresco dining• More alfresco dining• More facilities for children e.g.

increase physical activity • Something for teenagers• More night time activities, wine bar,

cafes etc.• Play area nearer Village to include

water feature – fountain • Make use of empty space e.g.

skate park next to football ground (Barrabool Road side)

Community facilities• Develop meeting space involving

Deakin and Library (for young people)• Community hub• Retain library service• Library – retaining it within the Village

precinct (same size; function) • Library in some form with ‘shop front’

meeting space• Relocated and upgrade of library• Where is the library? Keep it• Incorporate library / community hub

into retail development • Make a community resource centre • Incorporate library / community hub

into retail development• Retain library service (not necessarily

in same building) and increase programs for families

• Remove library

The safeway laneway and loading facilities• Move Safeway loading bay but retain

library• Remove supermarket supply to West

Side • Different times for services to be

unloaded and loaded• Move loading bay – great idea• Entry of trucks into supermarket• Exit of trucks out of supermarket• Move the loading dock next to

Woolworths• Loading bay to be moved• Trucks enter from Barrabool Road

(NotRoslyn)–turnbackintosupermarket bay

• Changing loading bay and creating shops

• Closeoff‘LaundromatLane’totraffic• Rooftop Grandstand with truck access

underatfootballfield• Grandstand on top % truck turning!! • Lane behind Safeway is hazardous

andshouldberemovedortrafficlimited

• Laneway at rear of Safeway Is unsafe, Itcouldbeclosedtotraffic

• Reduce usage of land behind Safeway but allow loading

• Move loading bay for Safeway but consider keeping library facility

• Relocate Safeway loading bay and sleeve supermarket with smaller retail

• Safeway deliveries – relocate the Library and place with ‘new’ complex – retain in Village

• Regulargraffitisite• Eyesore, needs improving • Tree roots cause tripping hazard • Trafficinrearlaneisn’tnecessary• Trucks should exit directly onto Roslyn

Road through car park

Residential development• Notsupportiveofresidential

development• Noapartmentblocks!• Future residential development along

BarraboolRoadandincreasedtrafficneeds to be considered

• NoapartmentsinVillage• Residential use • Newresidentsaccesstomorelocal

shops• Iconic buildings• Retain residential boundaries and

apply/defineheightlimits

URBAN DESIGN AND LAND USE


NOVEMBER 2016

Task: Design Workshop

JUNE 2017MAR - MAy 2017DEC - MAR 2017 LATE 2017

Task: Planning scheme amendment to implement UDF into Planning Scheme

Task: Final UDF adopted by Council

Task: Community input on draft UDF document

Task: Design Team prepare draft UDF and concept designs

Your input

Tofindoutmoreabouttheprojectvisitwww.geelongaustralia.com/yoursay or contact the Project Manager Jess Hurse on 5272 4252 or [email protected]

PROJECT TIMELINE

Task: ’What we heard’ report back to the community

Your input

Task: Design Team make changes to draft

Your input

Task: Funding bids for capital works in Council budget

CONTACT

NEXT STEPS

NothingthatwaspresentedattheShapeHightonVillageworkshopisfinal.Thesearejustideasandconceptstobetestedanddebated.TheCitywillnowtakethefindingsoftheconsultation to develop a masterplan with more detailed analysis of the options presented and incorporating the community’s aspirations.

The City will report back in 2017 with the draft masterplan and UDF. There will be further opportunity for input on the draft plan.

This is a long term project for the City that will guide change and investment in the Village for the next 20 years.

APPENDIX 1moVemenT And ACCess PResenTATion

ACCESS AND MOVEMENT - INFLUENCES

Road Network and Vehicular Movement


Car Parking

355 off-street114 on-street (commercial)135 on-street (residential)604 TOTAL


Public Transport, Walking and Cycling


Pedestrian Movement

ACCESS AND MOVEMENT - CHALLENGES

Car Parking


Belle Vue Av / Barrabool Rd / Taylor Ct


Rear of Supermarket Laneway

• 170 pedestrian movements in the afternoon peak hour

• Mixing with traffic (200 vehicle movements per day)

• Blind corners

• Supermarket semi-trailer reversing into loading bay across pedestrian thoroughfare

ACCESS AND MOVEMENT - OPPORTUNITIES

Belle Vue Avenue Streetscape


Intersection Upgrades


Intersection Upgrades

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Additional Car Parking

More short term parking (1/2P + 1P)?Fees?


Rear of Supermarket Pedestrian Amenity

• Shared Zone – a laneway for pedestrians with essential traffic at low

speed (10kph)

• Relocation of supermarket loading bay?


Balancing Act

What we say and hear:

• “The roads are congested”

• “It’s too hard to find a parking space”

• “It’s too hard and dangerous crossing the road”

Who wins?

Road managers must balance the needs of all road users

to achieve realistic outcomes

APPENDIX 2uRBAn design And LAnd use PResenTATion

Highton Village

Urban Design Analysis and Suggestions

“Backs and

Fronts”

Lane Edge

“Backs and

Fronts”

How Connected is Highton?

Regional

Connectivity

Development

Potential

Putting these Ideas Together

APPENDIX 3Look And FeeL PResenTATion

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