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OCKLANDSSTRATEGY 711.5 099451 DOC strategy Reference map overleaf ELBUURNE DOCKLANDS: STRATEGY FOR REDEVELOPMENT DOCKLANDS TASK FORCE JUNE 1992 •0) 0> 'tl .... • 0) U 0) 1:1 "is -g :>- o~ Reference map o~ ... §~ [-< p.. ;:::10) ~ \ o ;::l E-<E-<~ victoria Street '" ~ortn Dynon Road ... To Foots-1-----cray ., ,. ., ,.. DoCkraUhne ~-bb ,- - • Existing road and rail network • Proposed road and rail network • Docklands 1 Spencer Street Station 2 Former Railways Administration Building 3 World Congress Centre 4 World Trade Centre 5 Museum of Victoria 6 Charles Grimes Bridge 7 Flagstaff Gardens 8 Flagstaff Station 9 North Melbourne Station 250 500 750 1000 scale of metres 11Ii\fl~ lilllllll~11 ~I~ ~11111~1\~li lili\~\ M0052705 Melbourne Docklands: Strategy for Redevelopment A guide to redevelopment of Docklands, providing a broad framework within which further detailed planning and design and, ultimately, development can be undertaken. Docklands Task Force June 1992 Infrastructure Library 711.5 8489276 099451 Melbourne docklands : DOC strategy strategy for redevelopment CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 3 4.3.3.2 The internal road network 52 1.1 THE SITE 5 4.3.3.3 Traffic impacts 56 1.2 BRIEF HISTORY 5 4.3.4 Webb Dock rail line 57 1.3 STATE GOVERNMENT 4.3.5 Cars and parking 58 OBJECTIVES 6 4.3.6 Water transport 58 1.4 DOCKLANDSTASKFORCE 6 4.4 ECONOMIC 1~5 PUBLIC CONSULTATION 7 DEVELOPMENT 59· 1.6 DOCKLANDS AUTHORITY 7 4.4.1 Entertainment, leisure and 2 THE VISION 9 tourism 60 3 EXISTING 4.4.2 Transport 60 CHARACTERISTICS 17 4.4.3 Telecommunications 60 3.1 PORT AND RAIL LAND 18 4.4.4 Education and research 61 3.2 HERITAGE 19 4.4.5 Conclusion 62 3.3 PHYSICAL CONDITIONS 21 5 IMPLEMENTATION 63 3.3.1 Soil conditions 21 5.1 COMMUNITY 3.3.2 Contamination 21 AWARENESS 64 3.3.3 Hazardous materials 21 5.1.1 Pedestrian and bicycle 3.3.4 Physical and human paths 64 services infrastructure 22 5.2 POSSIBILITIES IN THE 4 THE STRATEGY 23 NEXT DECADE 65 4.1 URBAN DESIGN 26 5.2.1 Transport Interchange 65 4.1.1 Transport heritage 27 5.2.2 Entertainment area 67 INDEX OF MAPS 4.1.2 19th century city heritage 2'/ b.2.3 Gasworks Park 68 Reference map Front flap 4.1.3 Human scale 27 5.2.4 Housing at Victoria Dock 70 Location in Metropolitan Area 4 4.1.4 Building heights 27 5.2.5 Conclusion 72 Land release areas 18 4.1.5 Built form 28 5.3 LAND RELEASE Sites for possible heritage 4.1.6 Water 28 STRATEGY 73 registration 20 4.1.7 Environmental standards 29 5.4 FINANCE View corridors and landmark sites 26 4.1.8 Access for people with AND INVESTMENT 74 Land use 30 limited mobility 29 5.4.1 Financial feasibility 74 Housing and community services 32 4.1.9 Conclusion 29 5.4.2 Investment 75 Open space 36 4.2 LAND USE 30 5.4.3 Financial mechanisms for Access and movement 44 4.2.1 Housing 32 housing development 75 Tram and rail services 47 4.2.2 Open space 36 5.4.3.1 Land 76 Pedestrian links and bicycle paths 48 4.2.3 Entertainment, leisure and 5.4.3.2 Levies 76 Footscray Road tunnel 50 tourism 40 5.4.3.3 'Property rates ''b 76 Western Bypass bridge 51 4.2.4 Marinas and moorings 40 5.4.3.4 Other considerations 76 Western Bypass tunnel 51 4.2.5 Education and research 40 6 PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE Possibilities in the next decade 66 4.2.6 General industry/port DEVELOPMENT 77 industry 41 6.1 CONTEXT 80 4.2.7 Port activity ·41 6.2 DESIGN 81 4.2.8 Office 42 6.3 HERITAGE 81 " 4.2.9 Retail 43 6.4 SOCIAL JUSTICE 81 4.3 . ACCESS 6.5 ACCESS 82 AND MOVEMENT 44 6.6 INNOVATION 82 4.3.1 Public transport "46 6.7 DIVERSITY 82 4.3.2 Pedestrians and bicycle 6.8 PUBLIC PROCESSES 82 transport' 48 7 FURTHER 4.3.3 Roads 49 INFORMATION 83 2 4.3.3.1 Western Bypass extension 49 Note: all dollars are expressed as 1992 dollars. <>- --,--••• • Location in Metropolitan Area 25 10 20 30 40 scale of kilometres Westernport Bay 4 • -- - - ------------ -------- - INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE SITE 300 hectares of land The area described as Docklands in this report consists of about 300 hectares of land and water at the edge and water at the western edge of the Central Activities District (CAD). It is bounded by of the CAD. Spencer Street to the east, Footscray Road to the north and Lorimer Street to the south. The entire area, with the exception of the former Railways Administration Building in Spencer Street, is publicly owned 1.2 BRIEF HISTORY Historically, much of Docklands was low-lying swamp bisected by the meandering lower reaches of the Yarra River. The site of the original settlement of Melbourne was the point where a natural weir separated tidal salt water from fresh river water. A mooring basin in front of the former Customs House in Flinders Street was Melbourne's first port. Because of the changes made since European settlement few, if any, remnants of Koorie presence in the area can be identified. As trade and shipping grew, wharves developed on both sides of the Yarra River downstream of the groWilllJ Luwn. Although new settlements sprang up at Williamstown and Footscray, the intervening unattractive land remained undeveloped. Today, the poor soil conditions and the pattern of early development are reflected in the low intensity of use of the land and the predominant activities of port, rail and associated businesses. DockIands is characterised by its very flat topography, Port and rail land a legacy of its swampy estuarine nature. will become redundant over time. It has become apparent over the past decade that port and rail land at Docklands will become increasingly redundant over time Various proposals emerged for new and different uses. Early, consideration was given to an International Garden Expo as a means of generating investment in infrastructure Melbourne's bid for the 1996 Olympics included an Olympic Village at North Wharf. Similarly, Docklands was proposed as the location for the Multifunction Polis. 5 The Strategy has 1.3 STATE GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES emerged from public The objectives which the State Government laid down for Docklands are consultation and comprehensive in economic, social and environmental terms. They are as follows: research and analysis. To use the opportunity provided by the waterfront location to increase the efficiency of existing land uses and encourage new land uses and other activities that: > strengthen Melbourne's role as a prime commercial. financial and research centre by facilitating major new developments in an attractive waterfront environment, with strong links to institutions and activities in other parts of the city, throughout Victoria and beyond; .> Jevelu1J Llansport and other mtrastructure which improves the competitive position of Melbourne and Victoria as a whole; > house a large, new population in central Melbourne; and > attract people to central Melbourne for business, residence and leisure. To ensure that any development: > is the outcome of an intensive and flexible public consultation program; > is of the highest possible urban and environmental quality; > allows for growth in the CAD in a way which preserves and enhances the unique character of the existing city; > maximises benefits available through release of under-utilised Government land to finance basic infrastructure; and > is properly integrated into existing neighbourhoods. 1.4 DOCKLANDS TASK FORCE The Victorian Government established the Docklands Task Force early in 1990 Its role was to co-ordinate the work of other agencies and to develop a strategic plan for Docklands. The first report of the Task Force was Melbourne Docklands: Strategic Options, which was released in December 1990. The second report, Melbourne Dockland5:Draft Strategy for Redevelopment, was published in November last year This report, Melbourne Docklands: Strategy for Redevelopment, is the final report of the Task Force. It has emerged from a range of input relating to land use, access and movement, built form and implementation issues which has been drawn from the consultation process and research and analysis undertaken hy the Task Force and other government agencies. These inputs are covered in more detail in a separate report, Docklands Strategy: Background Report, in detailed working papers and in consultants' studies. The Strategy is intended to guide the redevelopment of Docklands, providing a broad framework within which further detailed planning and design and, ultimately, development should be undertaken. 6 1.5 PUBLIC CONSULTATION In view of the significance of Docklands in its size and location, the Victorian Government took the view that extensive public consultation should take place around this major urban redevelopment. Since the Task Force's first report, public discussion has been encouraged as a priority. An independent body, the Docklands Consultation Steering Group, was established by the responsible Minister, the Honorable David White MLC, to advise him and the Task Force on the consultation process and to ensure that issues arising were appropriately addressed in the work of the Task Force. The Docklands Consultation Steering Group. The Draft Strategy emerged from the first phase of consultation and this final report has been influenced further by a second round of public debate and comment. A more precise account of how this has occurred is contained in the Background Report to the Docklands Strategy. It is important tonote here, however, that this Strategy has evolved considerably from its predecessor, the Strategic Options report, and to acknowledge the vital contribution provided by the public in this process.