Living Links Urban Landscape Connectivity Master Plan Project 3 Consultants Brief (July 2011) Expressions of Interest are invited from appropriately-credentialed consultancies or consortiums to undertake Living Links Master Plan Project Three. Project history o A consortium comprising Spatial Vision and Beca P/L was appointed in late 2008 to undertake Project One of the Living Links Master Plan (Asset Identification and Analysis), and this was successfully completed in July 2009. o In January 2010, a consortium comprising Urbis, Sykes Consulting and Eco Logical Aust. undertook Project Two of the Master Plan, ‘Corridor Identification’- and this phase was completed in October 2010. The output of Project Two is a published Discussion Paper proposing 13 potential corridors of connectivity accompanied by 85 recommendations for further investigation towards their implementation. This call for Expressions of Interest seeks proposals for Living Links Master Plan Project Three in the context of what was achieved in Projects One and Two. This brief includes some detail of Projects One and Two outcomes. A copy of the Project Two Discussion Paper ‘Corridors of Connectivity’ is available in hard copy on request, or can be requested in soft copy via ‘You Send It’ from the Living Links Program Coordinator
[email protected] or phone 0437 199935. We strongly advise applicants to review the discussion paper in detail before submitting proposals to this brief. Expressions of Interest must be received by Close of Business Wednesday 3 August, 2011 1. INTRODUCTION Living Links is a large-scale environmental improvement program in Melbourne’s south-east. It is facilitated by the Port Phillip and Westernport Catchment Management Authority (PPWCMA), and is supported by ten municipal councils, several government agencies (including Melbourne Water, South East Water and Parks Victoria) and community organisations (including Bushwalking Victoria, Bicycle Victoria and the First Friends of Dandenong Creek).