Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner Consulling Group
Moslerplon - Heriioge Precinct of Echuco
I A MASTER PLAN FOR THE HERITAGE PRECINCT OF ECHUCA
úi-n\ For the Shire of Compospe, Controcl No. I929 '"vÊ Morch 2000 Ç ú"ø
Prepored by:
Cox Sonderson Ness Level3, 107-109 Flinders Lone Melbourne 3000 Phone: (03) 9ó50 3288
ln conjunction with:
KLM Gerner Consulting Group.
with:
Greg Tucker ond Associofes Essenliol Economics Andrew Word Architecturol Hisforion E ntl Wilde ond Woollord TJ
HERITAGE PRECINCT MASTER PLAN Shire of Compospe Morch 2000 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner Consulling Group
Moslerplon - Heriloge Prec¡ncl of Echuco
Conlents A5. t .4 Photogrophic Archive ond Exhibition pg 25 A5.l .5 Boutique Hotel pg 26 A5.l .ó Restouront ond Dining pg 26 Reporf Volume I 45.1.7 Sowmill / River Red Gum lnterpretive Centre pg 26 MASTERPTAN - HERITAGE PRECINCT OF ECHUCA A5.l .B Public / Performonce Spoce pg27 45.i.9 The Wet Dock pg 27 A5.l .t 0 Boord Wolk ond River Access pg 28 (i) PREFACE A5.l.l l Murroy Esplonode pg2ï How to reod this reoorl. pgI A5.1.t2 Signoge pg 29 A5.2 Mooring Strotegy pg 30 (ii) EXECUTTVE SUMMARY 45.3 Hopwood Gordens pg 3l A Vision for Echuco pg2 A5.4 High StreeT Precinct pg 32 A5.4.1 High Sireet Londscoping pg32 A5.4.2 Verondoh Resforofion pg 33 A5.4.3 Leslie Street Londscoping pg 33 PART A 45.4.4 Leslie Street Visto pg 34 45.4.5 Sirotegic Development Sites pg 34 45.5 Aquotic Al.0 INTRODUCTION pg6 Reserve pg 35 45.ó Compospe A2.O METHODOTOGY pg9 River pg 3ó 45.7 Municipol A2.1 Project Aim pg9 Precinct pg 3Z A2.2 Study Methodology pg9 45.7.1 Wor Memoriol Relocoiion pg37 /'5.7.2 Rodcliffe 42.2.1 Review of Bockground Moteriol p99 Streei Development pg 38 A2.2.2 Communiiy Consultotion pg9 A5.7.3 Regionol Art Gollery pg 38 A5.B The precinct A2.2.3 A Heritoge Mosterplon pg '10 Roilwoy Corridor ond Stotion pg 39 45.8.1 42.2.4 Defoiled Prooosols pg l0 TAFE Site Development pg 39 45.8.2 Old Roilwoy Stotion pg 40 A3.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS SUMMARY pg l1 A3.l Study Areo pg ll 43.2 Lond Use pg ll A3.3 Lond Ownershio pg l4 PART D. 43.4 Heritoge Listings ond Significonce pg 14 A3.5 Troffic ul|vnn l5 Dwg. Title Mosterplon 44.0 CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES SUMMARY pg ló I Heritoge ond Culturol Assets 44.1 Tronsport ond Troffic pg ló 2 Tronsportotion 44.2 Consolidotion ond Connection vvna 17,, Lond ownership 44.3 The Whorf ond Port Precinct pg 18 4 Potentiol Flood Areos à 44.4 Port Monogement pg l9 J Key Lond Uses 44.5 Commerciol OpportuniTies - Port pg 20 ó Sirotegic Developmenl Sites 44.6 River Bosed Acititvites pg21 7 Proposed Principol Movemenl 44.7 Murroy River Sysiem ond the Aquotic Reserve pg21 B Consolidotion 44.8 Compospe River pg22 I Existing Zones 44.9 Hopwood Gordens pg22 t0 Lond Subject to Flooding A4.1 0 The Roilwoy Corridor ond Roilwoy Stotion pg22 il Proposed Plonning Controls A4.l I TAFE Site pg23
45.0 MASTERPTAN COMPONENTS pg24 A5.r The Historic Port Precinci ond the Whorf pg 24 PART B - IMPLEMENTATION A5.l.l Generol pg 24 A5.1.2 Reconstrucling the Roil-Link "Meeting of Ihe 81.0 PTANNING CONTROTS pg 4l Whistles" pg 24 Bl.r Summory of Recommendotions Public Londpg 41 A5.l .3 Extension of Roilwoy - the Whorf ond the 81.2 Summory of Recommendoiions: Southern Shed pg 25
HERITAGE PRECINCT MASTER PLAN Shire of Compospe Morch 2000 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner Consulling Group
Moslerplon - Heriloge Prec¡ncl of Echuco
Shire of Compospe pg 41 I << Summory of Recommendotions Bl.3 Summory of Recommendotions: - Shire of Compospe pg 58 Shire of Murroy pg 42 c4.0 SHIRE OF MURRAY pg 58 82.0 PRIORITY OF WORKS: STAGE ONE pg 42 c4.l Locol Environment Plon pg 58 na Ã9 c4.2 Regionol Environment Plon |¿Yv. 83.0 DETAIIED COSTINGS pg 46 (-/, " Summory of Recommendotions - Shire of Murroy pg ó0 c4.4 Ouiline of Proposed Plonning Controls PART C - BACKGROUND ANATYSIS Compospe Shire pg ó0 c4.4.1 Compospe Plonning Scheme cr.0 REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES pg 48 Echuco Heritoge Port pg ó0 Cì.I Shire of Compospe lntegroled c4.4.2 Speciol Use Zone Echuco Heritoge Pori pg .l99ó Strotegy - ól Plon pg 48 c1.2 Shire of Compospe Corporote Plon l999-2000 c5.0 EXISTINc ACCESS AND CIRCULATTON pg ól - Boloncing the Focus pg 49 c5.r Echuco Second Bridge Crossing (Byposs) pg ót ct.3 Droft 20 yeor Strotegy Plon to Achieve our c5.2 Troffic Access ond Circulotíon pg 62 Vision for 2020, Moy ì999 pg 49 c5.3 Pedestrions pg 62 cl.4 Droft Assesment of Crown Owned Submerged c5.4 Cor Porking pg ó3 Londs ond Bonks of the River Murroy ot Bus Circulotion ond Porking pg 64 Echuco-Mooma, 1994 c5.ó Proposed Roil Extension pg ó4 Plonning evoluotion reports for Crown owned Murroy Signoge pg 64 River Riporion londs of Echuco/Moomo pg 50 C5.B Recommendotions pg 64 ct.5 Droft Echuco Porl ond Cenlrol Business Disfrict 20 Yeor Structure Plon (1998) pg 50 có.0 HERITAGE pg ó5 \- t.ô Port of Echuco 5 Yeor Copiiol Works Plon \-o. I Port Precinct pg ó5 (Dote Unknown) pg S0 c6.2 The Whorf pg ó5 ct.7 Design of Ihe Redevelopment of High Streel, \-0.J Hopwood Gordens pg óó Echuco, August 1992 p9 50 c6.4 High Street pg óó CI.B Streetscope Renewol for the Shire of Compospe .A\ The Compospe River pg óó (Doie Unknown) pg 5t Có.6 Commerciol Precinct ond Civic sub-precincl pg 6l ct.9 City of Echuco Conservotion Study, 1992 pg Sl c6.7 The Roilwoy Siotion pg óB cl.10 Echuco Whorf ond Aquotic Reserve Conservotion ond Monogement Plon l99B pg Sl c7.0 TOURISM p9 ó9 cl.tl Echuco Principol Troffice Roules Progromme c7.1 Nofionol Contexl pg 69 July, l99B pg St c7.2 Domestic Tourism in VictoriA pg ó9 c1.12 Township of Echuco Rood Hierochy Report c7.3 Echuco's Morket Posilion pg /0 Morch, l99B pg 5l c7.4 Echuco's Tourism Assets pg 70 L I.IJ Droft Report - Echuco Centrol Business Areo ond Echuco Port - Cor Porking Precinct plons c8.0 REFERENCES pg72 (Ju1y,1999) pg 5l CB.I Acknowledgements pg 72 cl.14 Murroy River Crossing of Echuco / Moomo pg 52 CB.2 Study Teom pg72 c2.0 IAND AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT pg 52 c2.1 Lond Tenure pg 52 c2.1.1 Stote Border pg 52 c2.1.2 Crown Lond - Victorio pg 52 Ll.t.5 Crown Lond -New South Woles pg 53 c2.t.4 Licences ond Moorings pg 54 c3.0 CAMPASPE SHIRE COUNCII. p9 54 l^?1 Compospe Plonning Scheme p9 54 c3.2 Locol Lows pg 5Z
HERITAGE PRECINCT MASTER PLAN Shire of Compospe Morch 2000 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner Consulling Group
Moslerplon - Herifoge Prec¡ncf of Echuca
(¡) PREFACE
How lo reod lh¡s reporl.
This Moster Plon for the Heritoge Precinct of Echuco reporl hos been prepored in porollelwith lhe Streelscope Mosler plon with which there is some overloo.
This repod ond its recommendolions, however, stond olone ono hos been prepored in four porls:
. Port A contoins on executive summory followed by on oufline of the Methodology, Existing Conditions, Constroinls ond Opportunities ond mojor components of the Moster plon. . Port B contoins recommendotions for ils imolementotion togelher with budgels ond detoiled costings for the port reconstruction ond ossocioted proposols. . Port C conloins bockground informotion / onolysis ond recommendolions os o support document fo lhe mojor design proposols in Port A.
. Port D contoins drowings lhqt ore refered lo in ports A-C.
Definifions
The oreo thot is fhe subject of lhis reporl coniqins the port cnd lhe surrounding historic commerciol oreo ond is bounded by the Murroy ond Compospe Rivers, Heygorlh Slreet to the souih ono Worren Slreet lo the norlh (incorporoting Wofson Slreei ond lhe odjocent river bonk.). This oreo is described ond referred io os the Hedloge Precincl.
The subject of the porollel sfudy is locoled between High Streei, the roilwoy, Dorling Street ond Heygorth Street ond is describeo ond referred to os the Cenlrol Business Districl (CBD).
The term Porl, when used refers lo the historic Echuco port / whorf.
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precinct of Echuco
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
AVislonfor Echuco i ---- - j- The oim defined for the Echuco Heritoge Precinct Study is: (¡' "Io creote o nationolly significont tourísm herifoge precinct"
It is cleor from lhe town's unique combinolion of quolities, including íts preserved heriloge orchifecture ond the port ond its steom trodilion, thot o well structured strolegic plon con ensure lhot Echuco is further strengthened os o destinotion of choice in Austrolio's tourism morket.
This study hos been jointly comm¡ssioned ond funded by the following orgonizotions:
. Shire of Compospe t o Echuco Port Authority . Deportmenl of Noturol Resources ond the Environment o Tourism Victorio.
Tourism Victorio is o strong supporter of the town's brooder ongoing development os o key tourist deslinolion ond ottroction in regionolViclorio. ln recognising this significonce, Tourism Victoriq hos supported the commissionlng of this Mosterplon for Echuco's Heritoge precincl fo ensure thot the -1,:- d Þet town strengthens ils stotus os o "must see" destinotíon within 6Ù lhe Notionoltourism context, os wellos o strong ond i.:.- re -r- i I "e*1' rr"r i sustoinoble regionol economic centre.
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Figure l: Echuco-Moama Disfricf
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precinct of Echuco
The key strotegies of this plon con be summorised os follows:
Heriloge
. Protecfion of fhe herìtoge chorocfer ond infegrify of the historic whorf ond port environs
o Creofion of o mulfi-loyered fourism experience, including ocfivilies specific to the porficulor offroctions ond feofures of Echuco ond fhe reoion.
Tourism
c ldentÌficotion ond promofion of under developed secfors ond fhemes
o Consolidofion of the port precincf os o well-serviced tourisrn centre tncluding olternotive occommodotion types ond improved enterf oinmenf ond seryices.
lnlegrolion
. Conso/idofion of o coherenf ond comfortoble urbon ond londscope environmenf including fhe highest /evels of seryice ond omenily.
. Conso/idofìon of o unified heritoge precinct ond town cenlre, incl uding sfronger pedesfrion /inks
. lnfegrotion of residentiol, fourism, commerciol, civic, ond educotionol octivifv.
Environmenl
Figure 2 Existing whot-f ond podd/e sfeomers. o Profecfion of key environmentol ond urbon e/emenfs through policy, deve/opme nf control mechonisms, incremenfol relocotion of river boof infrosfrucfure, ond improved coordinotion wifh Murroy Shire.
. Slrofegic siie development, plonning ond prefened use recommendolions.
Rofiono/isofion of troffic network ond porking slrotegies - signoge ond mefering
Exfension ond conso/idotion of pedestrio n networK including inlensive oyenue plonting ond new povement works.
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
These project objeclives hove formed the bosis of o strolegic moster plonning strolegy in which key sites ond precincis hove been ideniified os lhe cornerstones of Echuco's long-term success os o mojor touris't desiinotion. Specific recommendotions hove been mode for eoch of these precincts to ochieve the vision orticuloted below:
The Hisloric Whart Echuco's fomous porl willbe the hub of on internolionolly significont herttoge precincf . The tourisf octivities ond ottroclions will extend beyond the whorf to the odjocenf bonks of the Murroy. A more inlegroted relofionship belween the river, the port, Murroy Esplonode, Hopwood Gordens ond the High Sfreet precinct willbe ochieved through o new nefwork of polhwoys.
Ihe Sfeombool Fleef Echuco 's o/d porf will be fhe home of lhe world's most significont sfeombool fleef locoted in o superb riverlond sefflng celebrofed for ifs noturolond culturolherifoge. The sleomboof fleet willbe moored ond operofed occording to o monogemenf plon thot moximlses the culfurol volue of the old porl / steom boot fleef ond opporlunifies for privote commerciol octivity.
Hopwood Gordens Ihe gordens willbe on integrol porl of fhe old poft precinct, ond will include o mojor commemorotion of the fown's founder, Henry Hopwood. The gordens willincorporote commemorotive ond norrotive insfo//ofions in o structured. formollondscope thot provides o shody retreof from the heot of Echuco's high summer, ond mointoins exisfing recreotionol opporf unities for peop/e of o// oges.
Hþh Streef Precincl An exfended nelwork of pedestrion linkoges running eosf-wesf Fig. 3 Porl Precinct DetoilPlon between the Compospe ond Murroy River ond fhrough lhe exisfing sfreel network will encouroge explorotion of lhe enfire precinct ond improve commerciol opportunifies throughout. Londscoping improvements o/reody underwoy willbe f urther conso/idofed olong the lengfh of the sireef.
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
The Aquolic Reserye The Aquotic Reserve willbe on occessible, monoged ond profecled nof ure reserve thot forms porl of o wolking troil circuit incorporoting the old whort, od bridge, punf crossing ond northern riv erbonk.
The Compospe River The proviston of environmentolly sensifive cor porktng zones on the flood ploin willincreose visifor oworeness of fhe oreo, ond encouroge pedesfr¡on movement between fhe Compospe ond Murroy Rivers. New hofe/ ond other shorf-ferm occommodotion will be esfob/ished on fhe High Sfreef side of the river wilh visfos ocross the Compospe River ond flood ploin. lN the long lerm, through fhe esfob/ishmenf of schoo/ camp foci/ifies ond on interpretive centre, fhe Compospe River wìllbe o focus for underslo nding ond inlerprefing lhe region' s nef urol history.
The Municipol Precincl The MunicipolPrecinct willbe o lively focus for public octivity thot retoins the dignity qnd omenity of the gordens ond memorio/s oround fhe exisfing civic buildings. A new regionol orl gollery wil/showcose Ausfro/ion ond internotiono/ods os we//os confemporory regionolfine orfs. Ihe precinct willbe o key nodolpoint olong o comforloble pedesf rìon link befween fhe old porl ond lhe commerciolheoft of modern Echuco.
fhe Roflwoy Corridor The roilwoy corrídor will be o mojor hisforico/ ond educottonol precincl. Hìgh quolity development, including o new TAFE cornpus ond resfored roilwoy bui/dings will creole o significonf new focus for ocltvity on the eoslern edge of the Heritoge ond CBD precincfs.
Figure 4 Heritoge Precinct Moster Plon
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Mqslerplon - Heriioge Prec¡nci of Echuco
AI.O INTRODUCTION
The Echuco Heritoge Mosterplon ond Design of Streetscope studies hove been developed in porollel by the consultoncy teom led by Cox Sonderson Ness ond KLM Gerner Consulting Group. At ihe beginning of the study, ihe consulToncy teom proposed thot the Two studies should be integroted olthough seporote reports ore being tobled in occord with the specific instructions ond terms of reference defined for the iwo studies.
Underlying the coordinotion of the two study commissions is o brooder plon to encouroge ihe long-term integrotion of the commerciol-retoil town centre with the Heriloge Precinct.
The study teom recognises Ihe significoni work underloken by the community, the Shlre of Compospe ond ihe Port Auihority in creoting ond sustoining o notionolly significont heritoge precinct oround the old port fhot is olreody o mojor tourist mognet olong the Murroy River. A centrolcomponent of Ihe study is therefore the estoblishmenl of mechonisms ond plonning fromeworks thot ensure ihe protection of key elemenfs of the town's heritoge in perpetuity.
Responsibility for lhe implementotion of lhe reporl's recommendotions will lie primorily wilh the Shire of Compospe ond Munoy Shire, os the mojor stokeholders ond delegoted monogers of the Crown EstoIe, with the strotegic support being provided by Tourism Victorio ond DNRE.
The reporf incorporotes bockground to the study, including previous reseorch, exisiing conditions, conslroints ond opporfunities; ihe mojor components of the mosterplon; o detoiled precinct plon of the port; implementotion strotegies; ond furiher bockground onolysis, including iroffic reports, heritoge ond tourism commentory.
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Moslerplon - Hen'loge Precinct of Echuco
BACKGROUND Echuco is situoted on ihe southern bonks of lhe Muroy River in north-west Victoío. The town is locoted on the closesl Þo¡nt of the Munoy River to Melbourne ond is therefore the best locoled of oll Munoy River towns fo toke odvonloge of this significont source of tourism.
Much of Echuco's eorly economic success os o setflement wos becouse of two key events in the mid-l9ttr ceniury . The first wos the díscovery in lB53 thot the Murroy River wos novigoble to Echuco in seoson by poddle-steomer from Goolwo in South Austrqlio. The second event wos the estoblishment of the inlond roilwoy connection lo Melbourne in I Bé4.
These tronsporlotion developments olong the Murroy River encouroged opportunities for trode ond o lorge red gum whorf wos constructed to service the growing trode octivity.
Although the port wos rendered obsolete eorly this ceniury by improved roil networks ond other forms of lronsopori, Echuco continues os o prosperous inlond rurol ond tourist centre. Echuco hos olso preserved much of ifs eorly coloniol culturol heritoge ond lote Victorion orchiteclure including opproximolely one third of its mighty red gum whorf.
Visionory locqlenthusiosts who recognised the significonce of the port ond ils industriol ortifocts soved lhe originolwhorf from complele demolition during the Second World Wor. Since then, the immediote environs of the Port hove continued to be the focus of both conservotion ond tourism octivity. The Echuco Port Authority wos estoblished to monoge The long lerm preservotion ond development of lhe precincl ond this body is justifiobly proud of its effective stewordship of Echuco's unique historicol osset.
ln oddition to the historic port olreody being firmly estoblished on Vicforio's tourist mop, Echuco is o centre enjoying ihe benefits of the Munoy River's mony ottroctions including houseboots, fishing, woter skiing ond river bosed octivities. The combinotion of o "Mediterroneon" climote, proximity to Melbourne ond estoblished regionol ond ogriculturol induslries, is otlrocling people to both live ond visit Echuco qnd shore in its unique "River" life style.
All ihese foctors contribute to Echuco's fuÌure stofus os one of Austrolio's premier tourist destinotions.
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The brief from the commissioning orgonisotions hos been The developmeni of slrotegies ond guidelines thoT will ensure the long-term consolidotion of Echuco's tourism industry. The recommendotions ore not drown from fhe opinions ond commentory of the commissioning ogents, but from the brood pool of informotion gothered throughout the consultotion ond onolysis process. lnevitobly, confticiing interests hove emerged during ihe process ond some recommendotions will not therefore reflect the desires ond opinions of every stokeholder. One of the principles thot hos informed the development of specific recommendotions is thot visilors to Echuco should be oble to enjoy the mojor oltrocTions of the town within on integroTed ond comfortoble pedestrion precinct. This extends the iourism precinct south beyond the notionol heritoge precinct into the existing commerciol-retoil heort of the lown.
A sTrength of the Heritoge Mosterplon is thot it hos been developed in porollel, ond in close consultotion, with the CBD Streetscope Study, Underlying lhis process hos been the fundomenlol intent of Ihe project teoms to integrole the objectives of the two studies ond, by extension, the precincts themselves. More specificolly, there is o reciprocolreloTionship between the two precÍncts in which eoch con goin significontly from iIs relotionship to the other - in porticulor through the criTicql moss thot the combined precincls con represent.
This suggests o fromework for plonning ond developmenï in which the strengthening of civic omenity ond the tourism industry ore equol ond mutuolly sustoining cornerstones of c vibront, ottroctive ond successful regionol communily.
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Mosterplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
A2.O STUDY METHODOTOGY
42.1 Projecl Aim
The oim of fhe project, os outl¡ned in fhe project brief, wos:
"To creote o notionolly stgnif¡conf tourism heritoge prec¡nct"
A.2.2 Study Methodology
The Study involved severol key stoges. A brief summory is provided below.
The Mosierplon Study for the Echuco Heritoge Precinct wos corried out concurrently with the CBD SïreeTscope Study ond shored much the some þrocess.
A more detoiled description ond lisi of stokeholders con be found in the lotter sections of this reoort
42.2.1 Review of Bockground Moteriol
Existing studies, policies ond other documentoTion were reviewed ond summorised in relotion io heritoge, porking ond troffic monogement. noturol systems, mooring policies ond proposed developments. This informotion provided o bosis on which lo corry out odditionol investigotions ond 1o begin Ihe design work.
42.2.2 Communily Consultotion
Compospe Shire hos recognised in Íts Consultotion Policy thot community input is on inherenT port of ihe plonning process. 'Ownership' by oll is o necessory ingredient to successful implementofion progromme.
Community consultotion therefore formed on inlegrol port of lhe project. The Consultotion process included severol public meetings / workshops.
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Eorly in the process o public meeting wos held to exploin the purpose of the study, the methodology, Ihe oniicipoted outcome ond importontly to collect relevont informoiion, underslond key issues ond discuss some concept ideos or development objectives wiih the stokeholders.
ln the next series of meefings the issues ond droft concepts were presented to ond discussed with the stokeholders. The consultonis considered the commenfs os Ihey proceeded with the development of proposols ond recommendotions.
At the finol public meeiing lhe mosterplon wos presenied ond key plons were exhibifed for two weeks. This process gove the community The opportunity io moke o formol response to the mosterplon recommendofions. These comments were incorporoted inlo the preporotion of ihe finol mosterplon documenfs.
During the project, the consultoni teom olso met with individuolstokeholders on o one on one bosis to identify specific needs, concerns ond issues.
42.2.3 A Heriloge Mosterplon
A Mosterplon wos prepored for the Heritoge Precinct, in conjunction with the CBD study, ond incorporoling the commerciol centre of Echuco. lt included proposols for key strolegic componenfs of the Heritoge Precinct including the Port, Hopwood Gordens, High Street, Aquotic Reserve, Compospe River, Civic Precinct ond Roilwoy Corridor.
A.2.2.4 Detoiled Proposols
A series of specific development proposols for the exponsion of the exísting whorf hove been detoiled in the report. These proposols ore incorporoted in o brooder implementotion slrotegy presenied in outline in Section B of this documenl
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A3.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS
A3.l Study Areo.
The nominoled "Heritoge Precinct " os prescríbed by the projecl brief incorporoles the northern end of the Town oround the historic Port of Echuco, lhe Aquotic Reserve ond the corridor of lond oround the roilwoy line south to fhe Echuco Roilwoy Stotion. For the purposes of the study, the west bonk of the Compospe River defined by the river ond Compospe Esplonode hos been odded to the study oreo. The commerciol precinct defined by the porollel "Slreetscope " study hos olso been considered specificolly in terms of its integrotion wilh the I heritoge Precinct. I A3.2 lond Use (Refer lo Drowing no. #3) ( The study oreo includes o wide voriety of lqnd uses ronging from \ Hospitolity ond Tourism bosed enterprises locoted moinly oround lhe historic port, to estoblishmenls housing locol government, indigenous groups, light ond heovy industry industries, retoil, ond educolionol orgonisotlons.
Norfh Recreolion ol Precinct. lmmediotely north of the hisloric port, the western side of the river bonk hos been consolidoted to orovide occess to commerciql boot ond houseboot operotions locoted in Poddlewheel Pork ond olong Woison Street.
To lhe north of this oreo lies the corovon pork ond Victorio Pork. o public reserve thot extends To the junction of the Compospe ond Munoy Rivers. Victorio Pork lies olmost completely wifhin o flood zone ond is used lo goin occess to commerciol housebool operotions os well os to comping ond fishing spots locqted on the bonks of the Murroy. Developmenl in lhis oreo includes the Scenic Drive, wolking lroils, o bool romp ond ossocioted cor porking ond picnic qnd borbecue oreos.
Part Precinct The Port of Echuco ond the odjocent precinct is dominoted by hospitolity ond tourism reloted octivities, centred oround lhe remoining section of roilwoy whorf. Complementory commerciol operotions exploiting lhe heritoge tourism ond generollourism morket hove been developed within the oreo. These operotions include cofes ond restouronts, orts ond crofts retoiling, riverbool cruise oullets ond locolwine industry soles ond tosting. Speciolty shops colering for ontique ond 'curiosity' morkets hove developed olongside interpretive hisloric Figure 5 Herifoge Precíncl Study Boundøry Areo industries including o working sowmilf ond movie theotre.
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It is importont to note thot the cenlrol heriloge precincl oround the old port hos relotively few occommodolion options. With o few notoble exceptions, lhe mojority of the hotel ond mote occommodotion is locoted further south in the more recently develooed sections of the town ond modern centrol business district.
Within the study oreo o number of uses con be idenfified os non-complementory. These include lighf industriol operotions cotering for outomobile soles ond services. These will be discussed furlher in loter sections of lhis reoorl.
CBD Precincl The dominonl commerciol octivity shifts to more generol retoil business in the cenlre of Echuco olong Hore Slreet between Anstruther ond Pokenhom Streets.
Lorger retoil ond commerciol operotions ore locoled soulh of Dorling Slreet ond o cenlrol light industriol belt is locoted odjocent to lhe roilwoy corridor. Figure 6 View olong Hore Sfreef (CBD prectnct) Specific oreos of nole ore the exclusively civic/educotionol use zones. The oreo olong Hore Street bounded by Percy, Anstruther ond Annesley Streels ond contoining St Mory's Colholic Church ond the old Generol Post office stonds oul os o primory exomple of eorly urbon plonning principles. Olher key sites ore Alton Reserve, the odjocenl old Stole School No 208 ond the current school site/Brigidine Convent on Dickson Street.
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Murroy River Along the novigoble length of lhe Murroy River houseboots hove goined populority for both owners ond self drive holidoy- mokers. The Echuco-Moomo oreo is o focus for this octivity ond o voriely of smoll ond lorge houseboot operotors ore bosed in eoch of the towns. These businesses ore o significont generotor of tourist octivily ond visitolion lo the region in their own right.
Originol, reslored ond historicolly occurote replico poddle boots powered both by the troditionol red gum burning steom ond modern dieselengines ore operoted by both privote commerciolinterests ond the Echuco Port Authorilv.
Other river croft ore occommodoted olong the Murroy. The river is o ployground for mony woter sports including woter skiing, conoeing ond fishing. Echuco ploys host to mony feslivols, events ond roces thot occur olong the Munoy, most FÍgure 7 View Of Houseboot Moorings Io lhe Norfh notobly the "Southern 80" Ski bool roce ond lhe Red Cross Murroy River Conoe Morothon.
The needs of lhe Southern 80 ski boot roce in porticulor must be corefully considered in relotion to ony development proposols in the Victorio Pork precinct.
Figure 8 Presenf Extent Of The Htsforic Whort
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A3.3 lond Ownership (Refer lo drowing no. #5)
Much of the lond within lhe study oreo is in privote ownership. Crown lond includes the Aquotic Reserve ond the Compospe River bonks (eost ond west). The Crown delegotes monogement responsibility for these oreos to lhe Shire of Compospe. The shire olso hos delegoted monogement responsibilily for river bonk ond submerged lond thol lies inside the N.S.W. border.
The Shire of Compospe is responsible for the monogemenf of the existing shire offices ond owns the former Town Holl ond Courthouse buildings. Within the Port of Echuco precincl the council owns severol of the historic buildings including the former Bond Slore, ihe former Stor Hotel ond the former Permewon Wright Offices.
The combinotion of these key sites ond the historic port positions the shire os one of lhe moior stokeholders within the heritooe orecincl. Figure 9 The Hístoric Porl On the NSW side of the river opposite to the historic port o significont omount of lond remoins in privote ownership. lt is importont to note thot during the study o previously gronted plonning permit lo construct o single privote residence immediotely opposite to the whorf wos broughl to lhe otfenlion of the study group.
43.4 Heritoge Lislings ond Significonce (Refer lo drowing no. #l)
Echuco hos o rich colleclion of historicolly ond culturolly significont sites. The most notoble of these is the section of the historic red gum whorf thot remoins inloct in the old porl oreo. There ore olso mony exomples of o wide ronge of orchitecturol influences in the wider township ond region. A mopping exercise hos been corried out bosed on the conservolion studies prepored by Architecturol Historion Andrew Word to locoÌe ond broodly quontify fhe influence of the historicolly significont sites by locotion. This exercise is inlended os o descriptive tool ond not o detoiled occount of orchitecluro Figure l0 The Old Brothel style or history os this is covered in the detoiled studies olreody completed by Andrew Word.
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43.5 Troffic
Vorious detoiled troffic ond cor porking sludies hove been previously commissioned wilh severol recommendotions thot will offecl the potterns of troffic movements in ond oround Echuco. (Refer to Bockground lnformotion Vol.2 section 4.2,Iroffic lor further informotion.)
The present high leveltroffic conditions in ond oround lhe port precinct compromise lhe pofentiol of the oreo os o pedestrion orienloted lourism oftroction. The operolion of horse drown vehicles in the centrol oreo will olso benefit greotly from reduction in lroffic levels.
Murroy River Crossing Proposol Vic Roods is currently undertoking o study of river crossing options thot will divert heovy vehicle troffic oround lhe cenlre of Echuco ond owoy from the route olong Anslruther Street belween Echuco ond Moomo. llnformotion Bullelin No. I August 1999.)
An oplion for o second bridge crossing porollelto the old troffic Figure I I Horse drown vehic/es Shore lhe sfreels oround lhe old port. bridge oppeors ol the lime of writing to be the fovored oplion. This preference is bosed on olreody completed onolysis of short to medium term relief of lroffic congestion.
Further commentory on this issue is included loler in this reporl.
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A4.O CONSTRAINTS & OPPORTUNITIES SUMMARY
A4.l Ïronsporf ond Troffic
ln generol previously commissioned troffic sludies hove covered the mojor opportunities for troffic monogement including the downgroding of troffic oclivities in the historic port ond tourism oreos, rotionolizotion of the cor porking ond lhe reinvigorotion of pedeslrion octivities. (Refer to drowing # 2for summory of the exisling cor porking oreos ond increoses proposed by previous studies.)
Cor porking proctices within the existing infroslructure tend fo fovor the use of on-slreet porking ond o deliberote ovoidonce of lorge pool cor porking such os the Nish or High Street cor porks. The two mojor centrolised corporks ore nevertheless o voluoble ossel ond contribution significontly to the relief of potentiol troffic congestion.
Fìgure 12 High Slreef Londscoping At Port Precinct Development of o positive ottilude loword pedestrion octivity will oid in the occeptonce of lorger oreos of cor porking thot moy require o greoter dislonces of pedestrion movement. To implement such on ottitude chonge, the level of omenily of the present pedestrion syslems will need to be greotly improved.
ln reol terms the distonce between the mojor node cor porks ond the mojor octivity oreos of lhe Port ond the CBD is nol excessive ond it is not only feosible but desirobleÌo promote the use of existing lorge pool cor porks. Future demond from ony increose in visitor numbers will require the development of overflow cor porking to be developed. Opportunities for lhe developmenl of these oddifionol spoces hove been identified for locotions to the west of the Compospe River ond lo eost side of the Cobb Highwoy Bridge olong the bonks of the Murroy. Access io the lotter could be goined vio on extension lo the exisling cor porking odjocent to the Tourisl lnformotion Center in the Aquotic Reserve.
Shuttle bus lype tronsporlolion between these cor porking nodes to the centrol ottroctions con be developed to coter for lhe peok periods ond con be themed in porollelwith the Mid Victorion chorocter of the historic port precinct.
Figure l3 Semr-IroilerTroffic Along Heygorlh Street
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A4.2 Consolidotion ond Connection
Within lhe study oreo o distinct seporolion con be cleorly idenlified between the hisloric port precinct ond the oreo of mojor retoil commerciol octivity known os the centrol business district (CBD). This distinction is mosf notoble olong Hore Street from the oreo odjocent to the Generol Post Office ond continues post the Council chombers to the beginning of Murroy Esplonode. The reol effect of this seporolion is evidenced both sociolly in the generol oltitude lhot the historic port is on oreo moinly for the interests of fourists (with some notoble culinory exceptíons), ond physicolly os commerciol development in Echuco continues to migrote southwords.
This seporolion represents on existing constroint buf more importontly poses o desiroble ond strotegicolly cruciol opportunity Ìo link the two precincts. The benefits of on extended town centre by meons of linking these polor oclivities will benefil both the CBD ond the hisloric port precincl ond contribute their joint consolidotion.
The lypicolly horsh summer climote in Echuco is porticulody felt in lhe relotively inhospitoble zone seporoling the two oreos. Pedestrion movement is therefore not o comfortoble or desiroble proposition olong the length of Hore Streel to the soufhern porlion of Murroy Esplonode during the hottesl ports of o summer doy. Locol residents who ore owore of whot services ore ovoiloble in this centrolzone ore more likely to resorf to the comfort oir privole FÍgure l4 View south olong Hore Sfreef from Murroy Esplonode. of on conditioned cor lhon to wolk whot is in reol terms o relotively short distonce. This shortfoll in the brooder omenily of "centrol" Echuco undoubtedly limils the number of visitors who will venture beyond the tourist octivities oround the oort oreo.
Cleorly, the consolidotion of this zone ond the creotion of o comfortoble pedestrion environment will hove significontly odd lo the potentiol of eoch cenlre to benefil from the oclivity ono commerce of the other.
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A4.3Ïhe Whorf ond Porl Precincl
The existing Port of Echuco historic precinct boosts the finest exomple of on outhentic red gum whorf structure still in existence olong the Murroy River. Built in I8ó5, if showcoses evidence of eorly lrode ond pioneering ingenuity thot is unrivolled onywhere in Austrolio. lt stonds todoy of only one third of its originol size.
Currently the Porl of Echuco Authority monoges this osset to economic odvontoge. This enobles the Porf Authority to fund the ongoing operotion ond moinlenonce of on oulhentic fleet of steom powered croft. This work olso ensures lhot Victorio's eorly steom heritoge is being preserved over I50 yeors since its estoblishment in the eorly doys of the colony.
This study recognizes ond supporls the opportunity to exlend lhe red gum whorf lo something opproximoting its former exlent. The extended port will not only be recognized internotionolly os L the best ond most specloculor exomple of its kind, but will be o genuine public osset for lhe community of Echuco.
Left in its current configurotion os o completely goted, fenced ond licketed museum exhibit ploces substontiollimitotions on ils volue ond potentiol both os o sociol ond community spoce ond olso on its effectiveness to reloy the river-life-style ond hislory to the widest oossible oudience.
A Five Yeor Copitol Works Plon hos been prepored by lhe Port Figure 15 The Wel Dock Authorily outlining proposed developments for the historic porl ond its ortifocts. Mony of the elements of this plon ore incorporoted in the recommendolions ond implementotion strotegy of this moster plon study.
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44.4 Porf Monogement
The Port of Echuco is monoged by the Port of Echuco Authoriiy under delegofion from Ihe Sire of Compospe pursuont Io Section Bó of the Locol Governmenl Act 1989. The extent of the existing whorf is occessible only ofïer entering the ticketed fenced off oreo imposed by the Port of Echuco Authority.
The current configurotion of the Whorf, including fences, goies ond fhe obstruction of importont vistos from Murroy Esplonode to the river ploces significont restriciions on the full reolisotion of the port precincfs extroordinory tourist potentiol.
The brood strotegy for the future development of the port precinct is predicoted on the broodening of the existing tourist experience such thol the port con be opprecioted more reodily in relotion to its extroordinory londscope ond historicol context. This stroTegy entoils new physicol linkoges belween the port, Murroy Esplonode, the riverbonks ond lhe opposile side of the Murroy os well os fhe re-orgonisolion of lhe whorf oreo to ollow more reody visuol ond physicol occess.
The impost of on entry fee on visitors ond residents currenfly generotes substontiol revenue for the Port Authority. A fee of $B provides en1ry to the whorf frontoge ond museum, the steom power exhibit, the Stor Hotel's underground pub/tunnel ond the historic room in the Bridge hotel. Members of fhe public con clso obtoin o fomily/resident yeorly poss for 945. Visiting friends ond fomily receive o 1O% discount when occomponied by o resident with o ooss.
Currently, eight commerciol boot operotors (poddlesteomers ond houseboots) opercte outside of lhe immediote porf precinct. The Port Authority owns ond operotes three poddlebools; Ihe PS Pevensey, lhe PS Alexonder Aburthnot ono the PS Adeloide which ore moored ot the whorf. Consolidoting commerciol boot octivity in ihe whorf precinct, combined with new pedestrion occess closer to woler level woufd significontly enrich the visitor experience. Poddlesteomers could be viewed in the immediote vicinity of the whorf providing o river visfo more indicotive of the eorly settlement. The estoblishment of new commerciol operotions in the whorf oreo would orso fociliiote the opening up of the whorf ond the re-estoblishmenr of o more orgonic, integroted relotionship between the whorf ond Murroy Esplonode.
To encouroge this shift in income source ond the requisite improvements in the environmentol integrity of the port precinct, the Port Authority needs to provide on environment thot stimuloles entrepeunership ond commerciol innovotion.
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44.5 Commerciol Opportunities - Porl
Retoil octivity is well esioblished in the Port precinct, with o number of retoil outlets provid¡ng o ronge of goods ond services to visitors ond residents. The mojorily of reloil outlets ore locoted on High Sfreet with the Murroy Esplonode comprising moinly booking offices, restouronts ond cofes ond severol smoll souvenir ond croft retoilers.
Opening pedesTrion occess to the existing whorf or on oreo of reconstructed whorf to the south could ossist in stimuloiing new commerciol tourism octivity such os guided tours ond reioil developmenis. Visitors wolking olong q River boordwolk require ottroctors such os:
. lnterpretotivecentre/informotioncentre . Cofés ¡ Restouronts o Arts ond crofts outlets
The Freemon's Foundory site, locoted of Liltle Hopwood St, olso offers poientiol for new retoil development. Retoildevelopment in line with the existing heritoge site, ihe old 'Brothel', would encouroge visifor movement olong the Esplonode. Circulor movement of visitors to High Street could be encouroged lhrough oppropriote directionol signoge.
Development of the steom junction (whorf ond roil-leod) will moke this the key visitor desiinotion. Aflroctors to the norfh ond west ore required to creole visitor circulotion through The precinct. Likewise, oppropriote retoil development in Hore Street could ossisi in directing visitors flows to the residentiol retoil strio.
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A4.6 River Bosed oclivilies
The Munoy River hosts o wide ronge of leisure octivities ono courses through lhree slotes of Austrolio. Along its lenglh it corries mony types of woter croft odopled for different uses ond oll enjoying ils nolurol wonder ond oltroclions. Whether for high speed woler skiing roces or more leisurely cruises oboord o houseboof or one of the outhentic sleom powered poddle boots, the beouty of the Murroy River is o consistent bockdrop for eoch ond every octivity undertoken olong its course.
The smollstretch of the Murroy lhot flows through Echuco olso coters for oll types of river vessels but the port is olso the home of o unique ond internotionolly significont fleet of hisloric steom poddle bools. The opportunily lies to creote o "snop shot" of eorly history by implementing mooring controls in the immediote Echuco environs lo creote o visuol soeclocle okin lo lhot which wqs witnessed in the mid nineteenth century.
A cleor mooring strotegy must be implemented to ensure thot the best possible outcome is ochieved for oll users of fhe river 1 t= including the Porl of Echuco , commerciol poddle boot (non steom) operotors, houseboots ond leisure croft.
A4.7 Murroy River System ond the Aquolic Reserve
The Aquotic Reserve odjocent to lhe historic port ond locol council chombers is on oreo of low lying flood ploin representofive of just one type of noturol hobitot common to the Murroy River - the river red gum foresl.
Enhoncement of the nolurol londscope in this oreo with the provision of esloblished wolking troils ond interpretive moteriol is o simple ond voluoble oction for this oreo. The benefits of lhis remediotion ond protection strotegy ore on eosily occessible ploce of noturol beouty with exemplory viewing possibilities towords on historic site.
Figure 16 Typícol Munoy RiverHouseboof At present, there is olso little control of vehiculor occess into lhe reserve. This ollows the relotively pristine noturol londscope of the reserve to be unnecessorily sullied by the presence of motor vehicles within the reserve ond on lhe riverbonk.
As Crown Lond notive title is olso o necessory considerotion for the Crown ond Commitlees of Monogement in relotion to ony proposed development in the oreo. Development works require formol notificotion to be given to oll notive litle cloimonts ond/or to ony Aboriginol Body, ond on opportunity ollowed for comment. A notice must be served irrespective of whether o reserye is subject to notive litle or not. Notificotion is required for ollfypes of works including relotively low impoct infroslructure such os new wolking troils.
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44.8 Compospe River
The lond olong lhe bonks of lhe Compospe River to the reor of the buildings thot flonk the norlhern end of High Slreet represenls o similor opportunity to enhonce ond prolecl o sensitive river-lond environment. The River Wolk project, sponsored ond monoged by the Shire of Compospe, hos initioted lhis process by providing wolking troils olong the eost bonk of the Compospe occessible from Worren Street. This project should be extended further noling lhot fulure opportunilies exist for the provision of odditionol pedestrion crossings ocross the river ond hide-type vontoge poinls from where to view notive founo ond bird life.
The previous commenlory in Seclion 4.7 reloting to notive lille rights ond consultotion requirements olso opplies here ond in relotion to oll Crown londs.
Flgure 17 Existing corpork, PoddlewheelPork Figure 18 Sleomboof occess, Poddlewheel Pork A4.9 Hopwood Gordens
Hopwood Gordens holds deep symbolic ond hisloricol significonce for Echuco os the site of Henry Hopwoods punt ond the primory civic spoce originol Courthouse, police stotion ond the Bridge Hotel. Presently Hopwood Gordens I poorly londscoped ond ill-defined ond is no woy reflects its importonce to the eorly development of Echuco. Opporlunilies io upgrode the londscope, inlegrote it with the bodly degroded riverbonk odjocent ond provide historicol interpretotion to communicote ils significonce of the ploce should be explored.
The Rotory Club hos initioted proposols to improve the londscoping to lhe existing pork with the plonned construction of o new rotundo. These proposols should be put on hold ond o more detoiled opproisol should be undertoken by the Shire.
A4.l0lhe Roilwoy Coridor ond Roilwoy Slotion Figurel9 Pontoon occess. Poddlewheel pork Fìgure 20 Signoge ond porkÌng, PoddlewheelPork The roilwoy corridor lo the eost of the CBD is currently occupied by o mix of vorious light industry ond ogriculturol lronsporl stotions. The proposol to exlend the roil line olong its originor roule to the roilwoy whorf of the historic port necessilotes the exominotion of lhis corridor. Opporlunities exist to consolidote this orrivol experience by troin os o gotewoy highlighting the importonce it once hod os o roil interchonge ond fronsport cenfre.
The existing ogriculturolly bosed industry such os the silos of lhe locol Borley ond Rice Boords ore complemenfory with this experience of orrivol in o rurol community. Admission of further modern industry development olong lhe trock should be discouroged os it should not become seen os second rote lond.
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Development of this lond should be considered strotegicolly os port of the wider town of Echuco with porticulor ottention given to its influence on Echuco Eost.
The existing Roilwoy Stolion ond Locomolive Shed of the southern end of the roil corridor offers exciting prospecls for restorotion to further enrich to the "Steom to Sleqm " project experience. The Loco Shed projecl speorheoded by the Echuco Rich River Development Society (ERRDS) hos received funding to oid its restorotion from Heritoge Victorio. ln oddition to the restoroiion of this single building the opportunity exists lo restore olher orlefocts in the roilyords such os the troin turn Toble ond sidings odjocent to the Locomotive Shed. The entire oreo hos the potentiolto become o significont historicol roilond tronsportotion destinotion.
A4.l t TAFE site
The current TAFE site on Dorling Slreet hos been identified os o key slrotegic development site for the exponsion of the retoil octivity in lhe oreo. The sites surrounding TAFE ore occupied currently by lorge choin supermorket operolors ond development of this site should be furlher exomined considerino com plementory concepts.
The relocqtion of the TAFE focilities elsewhere in Echuco presents potentiol to integrote TAFE more directly into the town, The benefits goined from the economic octivity occomponying TAFE should be exploited to moximize the oositive flow on effects to lhe lown.
Severol locotion opportunities for the relocolion of the TAFE hove been considered including lhe preferred counciloption of the Luth Slreet site.
The moster plon fovours lhe lond olong the roilwoy corridor currently owned by Vic Trock. The benefits of this oreo ore thot physicolly il provides on eosily occessible lorge site copoble of occommodoting significont fulure exponsion in o locotion thot is close to the CBD of Echuco.
Economicolly this close proximity to lhe moin commerciol oreo will promote increose in trode to the existing businesses. The significont impocl thot students ottending such institutions os TAFE hove on locol retoiling octivity is demonstroled ond recognised ond further supports the choice of this site.
Locotion of the TAFE in on oreo owoy from the CBD will leove students stronded without occess lo focilities. While this represents on opportunity for development of new businesses ro coler for this need, solellite decentrolisotion of focilities in this monner is controry to the mosterplon vision for o consolidoteo Echuco.
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A s.0 MASTER PTAN COMPONENTS
The mosterplon recommendotions ore contoined in this section of the reporl. ln order to struclure lhis set of proposols, the study oreo hos been broken down into orecincts os follows:
A 5.r The Historic Porl Precinct ond lhe Whorf
VISION: Echuco's fornous port wiil be fhe hub of on i nternolio n olly signific o nl herìIoge precrncf. Th e visil or experience will exlend beyond ihe whort fo encopsulole lhe odjocent bonks of lhe Murroy ond a more inlegroled relolionshíp befween lhe rìver,lhe port, Murroy Esplonode ond lhe Hìgh Slreef precinct.
A 5.1.1 Generol
The Hisloric Port is olreody o thriving centre of tourisl of octivity. The oim of these recommendotions is to consolidoie ond expond on the lhemes olreody estoblished ond creole o wholly oulhentic experience representing life during the heydoy of the FÍgure2l Tourist shops, Murroy Esp/onode Echuco os o working port.Achieving lhis long-term gool meons ensuring thot the built form ond lond use within this oreo is consistent with this vision.
Á.5.1.2 Reconstructing lhe Roil link-"Meeling of lhe Whislles"
A centrol elemenl of the Port of Echuco Aulhority copitol development plonning is lhe re-estoblishment of lhe originol roil line lhot previously extended to the whorf siding. This proposol is fully endorsed by lhe mosterplon os o fundomentol element of the port precincts long-lerm consolidofion. The re-esloblishmenl of lhe roíl line will help to knit together on extended tourist precinct of diverse chorocter lhol extends from the oresent oorl to the Echuco Roilwoy Stolion vio the roilwoy corridor ond the Aquotic Reserve.
Figure 22 Proposed roil line, Municipol Precinct
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Reconnecting the whor-f to the moin inlond roil line will reinstote o key element of Echuco's historicol significonce ond the port's historicol importonce os o tronsport interchonge. The obility to provide possenger services on troins driven by reol steom locomotives not only hos the polentiol fo creote on increose in visiTor numbers but would odd to the vibroncy ond dromo of the enfire port experience.
ACIION: Adopf fhe defoile d whaú mosferplon os porl of funding submrssions for fhe "Meeting of Íhe Whlsfles". Inlegrole roil proposol wilh long-lerm whort exlension mosferplon.
45.1.3 Extension of the Roilwoy Whorf ond the Southern Shed
The present whorf represents somewhere beiween one third to o holf of the originol extent of the roilwoy whorf ond goods sheds os it wos of its peok.
The moster plon recommendotion is io reconstruci the soutnern exfent of Ihe whorf ond the goods shed for use os o public concourse ond commerciolspoce. Specificolly the goods shed would be o multifoceted building, housing o mixed progrom cotering for dining, occommodoiion ond interpretive exÞenences:
45.1.4 Photogrophic Archive ond Exhibition
A photogrophic orchive ond interpretive focility lo disploy ond record o "peoples history" is proposed on o lower level of the reconsfructed southern shed occessible direcfly from the public promenode whorf. A designed exhibition wifh professionol curotoriol monogement would creote o voluoble hisloricol ono culturol resource for Echuco ond Victorio.
Much of the physicol ond orchitecturol history of Echuco remoins preserved in bricks ond mortor. The stories ond photogrophs depicting the floods, trode ociivities ond mojor events thot hove shoped the lown of Echuco for over one hundred ond fifty yeors is not os occessible. These imoges tell much of the sfruggles ond successes of the people of Echuco ond Ihe Murroy River region ond deserve to be preserved.
Figure 23 Proposed reconslrucfion of soufhern whorf
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45.1.5 Boulique Holel
The old whorf included o lorge storoge shed thot followed the curvoture of lhe old roil line. The moster olon includes o new building thot follows the originol footprint of the "Southern Shed", ond includes o mix of retoil ond hotel occommodotion.
Situoted on whol would become o unioue river front site in Echuco,lhe creotion o boutique style hoteloccommodoting o limited number of guests would be unrivolled olong most of the Murroy. The proposol could be of significont benefit lo lhe viobilify of lhe whorf extension, ond should be considered os porl of o more detoiled feosibility study for the proposol.
The hotelwould be locoted on on upper floor in ottic style rooms. An odded benefit of the hotelwould be the lwenty-four hour living presence thot guesls ond lhe hotel operotions would bring io the whorf.
A5.1.ó Restouronl ond Dining
Associoted dining focilities, with occess from lhe public whorf promenode, would complement existing similor esto blishments while cotering for lhe expected increose in visitors thot on Fìgure 24 Exisfing boot building industry, Murroy Esp/onode inlond whorf of this mognitude will oltroct.
We propose, in oddition, thot the fence surrounding the existing portion of the whorf ond contoining the museum of industriol ortefocts should remoin due to the provision lhot lhe new secfions of reconslructed whorf ore free lo the oublic.
A5.1.7 Sowmill/ River Red Gum lnlerprelive Cenler
Locoted of the north end of the port precincl is the site of on originol sowmill. This site is cunently being developed os on otlroction inlerpreting the logging, milling ond boot building octivities during ils operoting life. Exponsion of this concept to encomposs the story of the red gum induslry ond its role in the development of Echuco is endorsed by the mosler plon. This focility will form the third corner in the triongle of interpretive oitroctions locoled directly olong or odjocent to the whorf.
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The combinotion of the existing interpretive focilities of ihe Whorf, o Red Gum lnterpret¡ve Centre ond phoiogroph¡c Archive will provide visitors wilh on experience thol pieces togelher o history of Echuco ond how it relied on the Murroy River ond its environment.
The looding of poddle boots ond the exploitotion of the Murroy River os o tronsportolion ortery is experíenced ot the whorf. An insight into the use ond odoptotion of o noturol resource is goined of the sowmill The stories of the pioneers of Echuco ore told ond depicted of the Phologrophic Achieve.
A 5.1.8 Public/PeÉormonce spoce.
The control ond ticketing of such evenls con be controlled with the oid of o recently onived steqm troin. The troin will provide dromo ond sígnify oclivily, os it whistles, vents steom ond ol¡ows its possengers to olight. ln turn the stotionory lroin on the roil whorf encloses the Munoy Esplonode side of the whorf creoting o temporory omphilheolre with lhe river Murroy os o noturot bqck droo.
45.1.9 The Wet Dock
The wet dock structure odjocent to lhe southern whorf is port of o proposol for reuse by the Port Authority. Work would incluoe fhe dredging of lhe silt build up thot presenfly blocks the woter flow ollowíng use os extended mooring, boot repoirs ond disploys of troditionol shipwright croftsmonship.
The southern extension of the whorf ond further extension inro fhe wet dock is o cruciol component of the progressive strengthening of links between old port ond the key pedestrion connections soulh ond eost olong Hore Sfreet ond through the Aquotic Reserve respectively. The re-estoblishment of the Wet Dock will provide occess ond generote octivity of this southern extension of the old whorf precinct, in o direct line of vision north olong Hore Street. The mooted relocotion of the Wor Memoriol will further strengthen this primory urbon oxís in Echuco.
Figure 25 Proposed public pertormonce spoce \\
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A5.l.l0Boord Wolk ond River Access
Options for flooting pontoons ond fixed boordwolks hove been considered for the provision of public occess olong the front of the whorf qt or close to lypicolwofer levels. Heritoge odvice on this element suggests thot o ponloon or boordwolk locoleq \-JU proud of the old whqrf line would compromise the historicot integrity of the reconstruclion. The fovoured option is therefore the construction of q fixed boordwolk locoted discretery within the struclure of the reconstructed whorf.
The new boordwolk will olso offer eosy occess to mooring focilities ond much improved exposure to the fleet of steomboofs.
Control of lhis oreo to protect both the public ilself os well os the whorf ond ineploceoble steom boots could be provided by securing eoch end the boord wolk by gote ofter certoin times eoch doy. Extended surveillqnce of these gotewoys could oe increosed by strotegicolly locoling them odjocent to the restouront focilities of eqch end.
ACIíON: Conducf feasibilíty for sfoged reconslruction ond redevelopmenl of ihe whort. Seek expressions of rnferesf from privole developers, ond fundìng subsídÍes for major infrostruclure ond cìvil works.
A5.l.l I Murroy Esplonode
The portion of Murroy Esplonode extending from Leslie to Rodcliffe Streets of present provides occess to the cor pork thot occupies the posiTion of the originol troin line. With lhe reconstruction of the extension of lhe line to the whorf this cor pork focility will be losr.
UNRESTRICTEO PUBLIC ACCESS WHARF The mosterpl figurotion of the rood olong BESTRICTEO Murroy Esplo ouble sided ongled porking PUBLIC ACCESS WHARF with no nett I copocity. lncreosed shode TICKETED plonting, relocolion of overheod power services underground, EXHIBIT ond the introduction of o groveltopping to the rood surfoces 'JTHAßF gum Figure 26 Whot-f occess slrotegy with red kerbs ond chonnels is olso proposed fo complete the mid Victorion streetscooe.
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Activily wilhin the historic buildings flonking the wesi edge of Murroy esplonode should be increosed to extend the precinci towords the CBD.
There is olso on opportunity to highlight the history of the gentlemen's club ond it's cloim of being the oldest exomple of ìls kind in Auslrolio, by including the club os port of on interoretive lour.
The long-term consolidofion of ihe links belween lhe Heritoge Precinct ond the CBD will olso improve the commerciol viobility of businesses olong Murroy Esplonode by increosing pedestrion troffic olong this pedestrion link.
ACIION: Re-orienfole lhe exposure of The Porl of Coll of fhe comer of Rodcliffe Sfreef lowords Murray Esplonode,' re- esfoblish on ocfive commerciol lenoncy in lhe Freemon Foundory building; resfore lhe old Brolhel; reconslrucf lhe originol ve¡ondoh lo fhe Echuco Genllemen's Club; improve omenily of norlhern end of Hqre Sfreef adjocenl lo Cìvìc Cenfre.
A5.1.12 Signoge
The exsiting signoge within the port precinct is generolly consistent wilh the hisloricol chorocter of the environment ond the brooder oims of the Port Authority to preserve ond mointoin the historicol integrily of lhe precinct.
A mojor element of fhis study's recommendotions is the proposed extension of the precinct norlh ond south into Hopwood Gordens ond Hore Street respeclively. The mojor freestonding signoge boords, however, tend to delineote between the "heriloge" environment of Murroy Esplonode ond the rest of the town by defining o gotewoy into the precincl. Figure 27 Existing signoge of no¡Jhern enlronce to Murroy Esplonode The existing signboords should therefore be relocoled in on odjocent locotion beller integroted with the troditionol configurotion of the slreet ond its buildings ond building frontoges. Other tourisl ottroctions outside lhe port should olso be odvertised in integroled signboords locoted ol the mojor entronces to the orecincf .
ACIION: Unconlrolled signoge reloling to river crurses, housebools ond olher commerciol oclivifies, porliculorly in Poddlewheel Pork, should be remoyed ond inlegroled in o single slruclvre similor |o lhol locoled ol lhe nodhe¡n end of Murroy Esplonode.
Detoi/s of the proposo/s for fhe Pod Precinct development proposo/s ore included in the Poft Precinct Plon overleof .
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A5.2 Mooring Slrotegy
VISION: Echuco's old porl will be fhe home of fhe world's mosl signîficanl sfeomboof fleef locofed in o superb river-lond seffing celebrqled for iis nolurol ond cvllvrol heriloge. vo The port is the heort of Echuco's heritoge precinci. lt is the key "bodging" or imoge-moking element in the development of Echuco tourist identity. This identity is moinloined due to the physicol presence of the whorf ond ifs fleet of outhentic river croft. To further enhonce ond protect this unique visuol slice of history the moster plon mokes the following recommendotions:
l. Restriction of uncontrolled mooring of ony deemed non heritoge lype river croft olong the west bonk of the Murroy river between the Cobb Highwoy bridge ond the oreo to the north of Hoowood Gordens. t-\ \ y.-.,-\ :v) 2. Consolidotion of oll heritoge river croft to be moored t\w olong the historic whqrf ond its reconstrucled south l!¿ <' extension ond lower boordwolk. No residentiol river '&; boots to be ollowed to moor olong the whorf. ,Ko '\-4 J. Removol of oll individuol gotes, entronces, pontoons ond ossocioted signoge olong lhe river bonk odjocent to Hopwood Gordens ond the construction of:A single, shored whorf ond pontoon thot ollows occess for oll commerciol croft onto the focility.
4. Relocotion of the houseboot slyle crofi to Victorio Pork, including support for necessory infrostructure requirements of the house bool moorings.
A stoged reorgonisotion of mooring orrongemenls should be coordinoted with existing leoses ond mooring rites.
ACIION: Esfoblísh o sfoged monogemenl plon for lhe toiol reorgonisolion of exísling mooring rights ond orrongemenfs. Ihe new struclure will mointain ond enhonce exisfrng commercìol opportunilìes ond guoronlee lhe long-lerm inlegrí'ty of lhe herìtage port precincl, including its river fronloge.
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45.3 Hopwood Gordens
VISION: The gordens wíll be on ìnlegral po'|- of ihe old porl precÍncl, ond will ìnclude o moior commemorolion of ìhe town's founder, Henry Hopwood. The gordens will incorporole commemorotive ond norrolìve insìolloiìons in o slruclured, formol londscope ihol provìdes o shody retreol from lhe heol of Echuco's high summer.
The poor condition of the londscope ond omenily of Hopwood gordens is the primory focus of these recommendotions for old Echuco's mosl significont public spoce. Figure 28 The Bridge Hotel An upgroded londscope scheme is proposed which offers increosed extent of tree conopy offering o cool hoven from which to escope the summer sun for Hoowood Gordens ond on upgrode of the londscoping to the immediotely odjocent river front.
The formol configurotion of lhe gordens should be structured to recognise the significonce of lhe hlslorlc clvlc buildlngs thot flonk the gordens. lnterpretotion of the eorly history of Echuco should be integroled in to Hopwood Gordens to communicote the port Henry Hopwood ond the old squore ployed in the hislory of Echuco ond the region. The relocotion of Henry Hopwood's Obelisk currently locoted in Victorio Pork to o position on lhe oxis of Worren Slreet could be used to fulfilsuch o purpose. Any such inlerprelive instollotions should be interoclive rother thon stotic- Hopwood Gordens could form the Fìgure 29 The old Police Sfofion stort of o wider interprelive network linking olher less frequented bul similorly significont sites oround Echuco.
At the locotion of the originol Hopwood Punt the mosterplon proposes o cross-river link be mode in the form of o replico punt odjocent to Hopwood Gordens. A new punt will serve os both on historicol interpretolion piece os well os providing occess ocross the river to NSW ond lhe proposed eco tourism opportunilies in this oreo.
ACIION: Commission o delailed londscope design for lhe sguore, thot allows for sfoged developme nl of ihe spoce oyer |ime, ond lhe ìncorporolìon of alreody commilled inyesfmenf planned for lhe spoce. The grovel fînish lo Murroy Esplonode should be exfended oround fhe perÍmeler of Hopwood Gordens.
Fìgure 30 The old Courfhouse
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45.4 High Street Precinct
VISION: High Sfreef wìll be on inlegral parl of lhe Heritoge Precincl ond old porl experience. An exfended nelwork of pedesfr'on linkoges running eosf-wesf befween fhe Compospe ond Murroy River fronloges ond lhrough lhe lorger urbon groin of lhe sfreef nelwo¡k will encouroge explorolion of fhe enfire precincl ond improved commercial opportunilies throughoul.
45.4.1 High Streel Londscoping
New /ondscoping e/emenls lo High Sfreef shou/d be conso/idofed by fhe instollotion of o centre medion strip ond ovenue of frees outlined in fhe previous Mounsell Plon for the oreo norlh of Heygorth Sfreet. The downgroding of lhis seclion of rood to o restricted 40km lh is supporfe d by this mosler plon in the inferesf of public sofety ond to improve the omenity of fhe oreo os on hisforic tourist-oriented zone. Ihe comp/etion of fhese /ondscope works is o condition from VicRoods before lhis secfion con be downgroded ond therefore priority shou/d be given fo expedlle fhese meosures.
Ihe /ondscope plon inc/udes on ovenue of toll growing Eucolyptus lrees fo be plonted olong High Slreef with o double row of frees o/ong fhe cenlre medion. This would provide o sense of orrivol along this moin sfreef.
Ihe species is lnlended to moke reference to the River Red Gums fhot exisl noturolly olong the rivers. Appropriote specles include Eucolyptus monnifero ssp mocu/oso (Brittle Gum) ond Eucolyplus melliodoro (Yellow Gum).
Councilrequesfed thof the teom review the plonting proposol for the redevelopmenl of High Sfreef prepored by Mounsellet. ol. The Slreelscope Mosler Plon recommends the following minor omendmenfs.
Ihe proposed Eucolypfus lrees extend norlh olong the cenfrot medion replocing the newly plonted Phoenix, Pyrus, Celtis ond Plolonus frees os for os Hopwood Gordens (the eucolypls ore recommended lo reinforce the indigenous /ondscope chorocter of Echuco). Ihe verge ond kerb plonting recommended in fhe 'Design of the Redeve/opment of High Sfreef, Echuco' (prepored by Mounsell PlL 1997) report will remotn.
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A5.4.2 Verondqh restorot¡on
Se/ective Verondoh restorotton shou/d be finonciol/y subsidised by the Shire to ollow the f urther restorofion of importont heritoge buíldings olong High Sfreef. Reconsfruction of this type will reinforce fhe strucfure ond chorocter of fhe sfreefscope ond improve the omenity of fhe sfreet by giving welcome continuous shode for pedestrions during the summer monfhs.
A stoged ond torgeted strotegy lo initiofe fhis reconslruction should be implemenfed in the short ferm.
45.4.3 leslie Slreet londscoping
Ihe exisfing cofé redevelopment of the Les/ie Sfreet, High Sfreef corner hos done little fo recfify fhe breok in the urbon fobric effecfed by the previous petrolsfofion developmenf. Redeve/opment of fhe sile should be bosed on short-term londscope sfrofegies to reinforce fhe streef edge definition ond reinforce the corner. ln the long term, reinsfofemenl of the Whotf Mosfer's house thot originolly occupied fhis sife shou/d be exomined f urther.Ihis cou/d be undeftoken os o reproductÌon bosed on fhe originoldocumentotion or by returning the originol structure to lhe sife.
Extended eucolypt plonting is o/so recommended o/ong Leslie Sfreef to further consolidofe lhe connecfion between fhe Murroy ond Compospe Rivers. Ihe species wil/ relote in chorocter to the River Red Gums thot occur noturolly olong the rivers'edges.
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A5.4.4 Leslie Slreel Vislo.
The visto olong Leslie Street towords lhe whorf should be opened up by the relocotion of the steom engine shed lhot currently occupies this strolegic position in the whorf. The spoce creoted between the existing fenced section of the whorf ond o newly reconstructed soulhern shed will form o semi enclosed public spoce. This spoce will form o generol congregofion spoce, be serviced by the dining focilities contoined in the southern shed ond be copoble of stoging ouldoor performonce events.
45.4.5 Slrotegic DevelopmenlSiles
Exisling octivity on the sites listed below hos o negotive impocl on the physicol integrity of High Street ond is inoppropriote for the long-term vision of the precinct. Alternotive uses, infegroted with site-specific urbon design guidelines, should be encouroged in the future should lhe present owners of lhese sites vocote:
. The Morley Ford cor deolership on High Streel Fìgure 3l View eosl o/ong Leslie Slreef lowords whort. o Morley Ford Second hond cor lot on High Street . Crowes Cors on the corner of High ond Rodcliffe Street
Fulure development options complimentory with the precinct would include octivities ossocioted with lourisl occommodotion. hospitolity ond educotion os well os direct lourism bosed retoil services.
All new developments should be considered in terms of their potentiol contribution to eosl-west pedestrion movemenl between the Compospe River ond Murroy River fronloges. A component of the strotegy to integrote the High Street precinct is the improvement of pedeslrion omenity throughout this oreo - porticulody within lhe norrow neck of lond belween the two rivers. New developments should encouroge public movement ond pedestrion linkoges lhroughout the High Street precinct.
ACIION: Esloblísh plonning guidelines IhaI fovour shorl-sloy, hofel-sfyle redevelopmenf of sfrofegic sÍles. Assisf exisfing sfrofegic sife owners in ídentilying ollernolive locolion opfions. Sef up incenlive schemes Io encouroge quolily occommodotion developmenfs in lhe Hþh Sfreet ond Compospe river precincls.
Figure 32 Morley Ford site, eosf side of High Sfreef
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45.5 Aquolic Reserve
VISION: Esfoblish o highly occessible, monaged and prolecled nolure rese,ve thol is linked wilh a walking lroil circuìl încorporatìng lhe old whort, oH bridge, punf crossing ond no¡Ihern rivetbank.
The beouty of the Aquotic Reserve on the Murroy ond lhe oreo olong lhe bonks of the Compospe River to the wesl of High Street is intrinsicolly bound up in the noturolistic londscope quolitÌes ond grondeur of these environmenls. Preservotion ond oworeness of this nofurol osset is encouroged by fhe moster plon with the integrotion ond development of new ond existing wolking troils.
New wolking troils will guide lhe visitor either on foot or bicycle throughoul the river bonk environmenl to strotegic vonloge points. Eoch of these will highlight speciol views or unique oreos of noturol interest ollowing The ecolourist eosy occess to the noturol environment. while protecting it ond ollowing it to develop wilhout further degrodotion.
The oreo on the opposite bonk of the Munoy in NSW odjocent lo the Port of Echuco ond Aquotic Reserve should form o port of o wider network of pothwoys developed in o similor monner. Views to lhis oreo ore dominoted by mojestic Redgums. These views should be mointoined ond protected with developmenl within lhis oreo restricted lo o type thot chonges little of this outlook.
Connection to this oreo on the NSW side will be possible os o continuous circuit with the operotion of o punt from Hopwood Gordens completing the loop from the historic port through the Aquotic Reserve ond ocross the Cobb Highwoy Bridge. Flgure 33 Aquotic Reserve, view eosf lowords Munoy River, Cor occess should be restricted in the Aquotic Reserve to moximise the polentiol ond protect this oreo further. ln porticulor, vehiculor occess should be reslricted olong river bonk oreos.
The existing levee bonk should olso be reviewed ond portiolly removed to open up vistos to the Murroy River from the reserve.
ACIION; Commissl'on o deloiled sludy oî lhe reserve, ìncluding rneosures Io prolect lhe environment ond encourage occess fo lhe riverbonk Resfricl vehiculot occess ond esfoblish o línked series of wolkìng lroils wìlh víews to lhe old whoú ond conneclions lo fhe boordwolk and bridge crossing. Consolidofe he pofüol regenero|ìon of nolurol floodploin vegetolion in lhe reserve.
REPORT PART A THE VISION Shire of Compospe - Confroct No: 1929 Morch 2000 35 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner Consulting Group
Mosterplon - Her¡loge Precincl of Echuco
A5.7 MunicipolPrecincl
VISION: The Municipol Precinct will be a lÍvely focus for public octivily lhol retoins lhe dignily ond omenity of |he gordens ond memoriols oround fhe exisfrng civic buildings. A new regionol ort goilery will showcose Ausfrolion ond inlernotionol orfs os well os confemporory regionol fine orfs. The precincì wìll be o nodol poinl olong o comfortoble pedesfrion link befween lhe old port ond lhe commerciol hearl of Echuco.
A progromme of intense ovenue plonting olong Hore Slreel is proposed to link the commerciol CBD precinct vio the civic precinct odjocenl to the Shire Offices with Murroy Esplonode ond the port lo the north.
The introduction of shode conopy trees to this oreo will encouroge the flow of pedestrion troffic olong this route due lo lhe increosed comfort they will provide during the summer months.
45.7.'l Wor Memoriol ond Gordens
A proposolto relocote the WWI Memoriolto the inlersection of Hore ond Rodcliffe Streets hos excited extensive oublic debole since its oiring in lote November 1999.
The proposolwos inlended io reinstote the memoriolin o locolion of oppropriote civic significonce porticulorly in relolion to lhe existing visto olong the oxis Hore of Streel. Significonl public feedbock hos been received in relotion lo this proposol ond the Shire hos resolved not to explore the relocotion ootion ony further
The memoriol nevertheless remoins o importont londmork in lhe consolidoted londscoping proposols olong Hore Slreet ond oll new works should be considered in lerms of the more effective integrotion of the memoriolwith the odjocenl streel ond Figure 35 Wor Memoriol oorklonds.
REPORT PART A THE VISION Shr're of Compospe - Confroct No: 1929 Morch 2000 37 Cox Sondenon Ness & KLM Gemer Consulling Group
Mosterpfon - tleriloge Prec_¡ncl of Echucs
A.5.7.2 Rqdcliffe Street Development.
The consultoncy teom hos odvised the Shire on the schemotic design proposols for redevelopment of Rodcliffe Street site odjoceni to the Nirebo Hotel. The proposolis generolly cons¡stent with the infent of the mosterplon for redevelopmenl of this precinct. The moster plon proposes thot new developmenf building lines should generolly be locoted olong existing streel boundories. Retoil/commercíol development of the corner sites is encouroged to promote ground level octiviiy ond the design "smoll groin" structures, consistent with the scole ond form of the non civic heritoge buildings within this precincf.
An ovenue of foll growing Eucolyptus trees is proposed to further reinforce the connection between the two riversystems os well qs the chorocter of the indigenous londscope environment.
ACIION: Futwe development proposols wìll be ossessed ogoinsl fhe bencl¡morks of u¡bon desþn guîdelines, sfreef level octivily, pedesfrion omenîIy and buîlding scole and typology.
45.7.3 Regionol Art Gollery
Consolidotion of fhe site of the Shire Offices by the oddition of o north wing to bolonce the southern extension would suit the introduction of o Regionol Art Gollery progrom for Echuco. Any such northern wing proposolshould odhere to fhe cleor urbon design principle odopted by the present building ond reinforce the "building within o pork" or povilion typology.
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precinct of Echuco
A5.8 The Roilwoy Corridor ond Stqtion Precinct.
VISION: fhe roilwoy corrídor will become o mojor hisloricol and educolionol precìnct. High quolity developmenl, including o new f AFE cornpus ond resfored roilway buìldings will creole q signifÍconl new focus for activity on lhe eosfern edge of fhe Heritoge ond CBD precrncfs.
Extensive londscoping of the roilwoy corridor from the roundobout intersection olong Heygorth Street to the precinct thof surrounds the Echuco roilwoy Stotion is recommended by the moster plon.
This possoge of orrivol for visitors trovelling by troin to Echuco Stotion ond on to ïhe reconstructed roilwoy whorf should be seen os o gotewoy experience highlighting thot visitors ore entering o ploce of hisToric significonce. The significonce of Echuco os on historic tronsportotion inferchonge between river ond roil ond contemporory rurol centre should be reinforced by londscope consolidotion of the roilwoy corridor.
The moster plon includes the exlension of the exisiing River Red Gum ond Block Box woodlond olong the Murroy River ond Aquofic Reserve oround the Heygorth-Annesley Street interseciion ond into the roilwoy corridor.
The londscoping of this corridor will olso oid in the breoking down of the negotive "border" effect thot currently seporotes Eost Echuco from the sludy oreo in o physicol ond psychologicolsense. At present this lond is typicolly lreoted os low-grode industriol infill, however its proximity to the town centre demonds o more strotegic ossessment of its urbon volue ond polentiol. Development should be encouroged thol integroies rother thon olienotes this eoslern edge of the Town I nanlra
45.8.1 TAFE Site Development
Use of this lond would be well suited lo the relocotion of the TAFE educotionolfocilities in o series of buildings thoi could loke on forms of roilwoy sheds ond ossocioted infrostructure. The locotion of on educotionolfocility in ihis oreo will complement both the linkoges being developed between the Port of Echuco ond Echuco Roilwoy Stotion ond between the CBD ond Echuco Eost.
Further development for light industríol uses such os ponel shops ond monufocfuring should be discouroged in Ihe future through the implementotion of plonning ond development controls.
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REPORT PART A THE VISION Shire of Compospe -Controcl No: 1929 Morch 2000 39 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gemer Consulting Group
Moslerplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
NOIE: Af time of wifing, Sturf Sfreef, which forms the eosfern boundory of the proposed TAFE developmenf sife is being moofed os the soufhern exfension of o mojor new Munoy River (troffic) Crossing. Ihe proposo/ is one of fwo opfions under serious considerofion by VicRoods ond wìll shorlly be odverfised for public comment.
Ihe proposo/ hos serious implicotions for fhe urbon sfructure of Echuco, ond in particulor, the relotionshþ beiween the eostern residenfio/ secfor ond town centre. The new crossing ond rood widening will olso narrow the proposed TAFE sife sufficiently to render this development option morginol, of besf.
A5.8.2 Old Roilwoy Stolion
The Echuco Stotion ond Locomotive Shed precinct locoted ot ihe southern end of the roilwoy corridor hos olreody been the subject of much octivity ond lobbying for restorotion by the Echuco Rich River Development Society. An opplicotion for funding lo restore the decoying Locomotive Shed hos been fovourobly received by Heritoge Victorio ond the plons to use this focility os on octive roiltronsport hub for historic troins ore supported by this study.
Further development of the entire precinct including the exisling stotion buildings should be explored to creote o roilwoy interpretotion ond evenls locotion. Existing infrostructure oi the site including o troin furn loble ond crone structures hove been the subject of conlinuous offers of purchose by oulside interests qnd it is to the credit of forword-thinking members of the community thot these industriol ortefocts remoin in Echuco. This kind of infrostructure could conceivobly supporl full-scole steom rollies ond disploys os on onnuol or bionnuol event.
The combinotion of sleomboot octivity of the port ond steom troin octivity in the old slotion precinct will be o unique combinotion of outhentic industriol history ond on exlroordinory insight into the energy ond spirit of Echuco's river ond roil pioneers.
ACÍION; Commission o detoiled sludy for the adoptìve reuse of exisling rail buìldings ond incorporote exisfrng fundìng ollocofions into o flrsf sfoge development of lhe resullclnt preclncl mosferpfon. Figure 36 The reoctivoled "/oco" shed
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
BI.O PTANNINGCONTROI.S The Moster Plon will direct decision-moking of locol ond stote Bt.l Summory of Recommendolions - Public lond government level on bofh sides of the Munoy River. A high level of communicotion ond co-operotion should coniinue to be L Using the Mosler Plon os o decision-moking fromework, fostered between the Shire of Compospe, Deportmenï of Noturol encouroge ond focilitole ongoing co-ordinotion between Resources ond Environment ond Tourism Viclorio, the Shire of locol ond stote government oulhorities in Victorio ond Murroy, ond other relevont government deportments, to ensure New South Woles. This would include the Shire of the successfulond complele implementotìon of the Moster Plon. Compospe, Shire of Munoy, Deportment of Noturol Resources ond Environment, Deporlment of Lond ond Crown lond monogement in both siotes should moke formol Woter Monogemenf, Tourism Victorio ond its New South reference to the Moster Plon. ln Victorio, o single monogement Woles counteroorl. oulhority should be estoblished to monoge Crown lond nomely lhe Port, Aquolic Rese-rve, Hopwood Gordens, ond ihe yei to be 2. Vory The deed of delegotion reloting to the monogement developed roilwoy extension ond the historic roilwoy stotion of public lond in the Pori oreo including the roil corridor to complex. require fhot the lond be monoged in occordonce with the Moster Plon (Victorio). A similor opprooch should be Government purchose of privole lond opposite lhe whorf in New pursued in New South Woles. South Woles is identified os o key priority. This will ensure the visuolly significont forested bockdrop lo the Port is moinloined. 3. Appoint o single outhority (similor to the Port Authority) to The historic integrity of ihe Port will be furiher strengthened by monoge crown lond within the precinct in o coordinoted ollowing only the mooring of poddle steomers ond other boots of monner, The crown lond oreo should include the Pori. roil historicol oppeoronce in the vicinity of the whorf. conidor, roilwoy slolion precincT, Aquotic Reserve ond Hopwood Gordens. The plonning controls of the Shire of Compospe ond fhe Shire of Murroy (Locolond Regionol Environment Plons) should be 4. Fociliiote lhe government purchose of oll privote lond modified to reflect the recommendotions of the Moster Plon. south of Hunt Streel to the Murroy River, plocing highest prevent lmportonlly, this will inoppropriote development ond priorily for purchose on the lond south of Word Street ond provide guidelines cleor for new buildings ond works, ond west of Forbes Street, ond thot the lond be reserved for oddilions Io existing struclures. historic interest or o simílor purpose.
An Echuco Heritoge Port Policy is to be included in the 5. Encouroge lhe mooring of poddle steomers ond other Plonning Compospe Scheme to outline lhe key principles ond booTs of historicoloppeoronce in The immediofe vicinily objectives of the Mqster Plon. A Speciol Use Zone is proposed to of the Port, on bolh sides of the river. Relocole olher control lond use ond development in the immedíote vicinity of boots to mooring points north of the Port odjocent to the whorf. ln New Soulh Woles controls should be strengthened Victorio Pork. to limit developmeni opposite the Heritoge Precinct ond to mointoin the integrily of The forested lond in public ond privote ownership. The Shire of Compospe ond DNRE should be formolly noiified of opplicoïions for developmenT in this port of New South Woles. 81.2 Summory of Recommendqlions- Shire of Compospe Some uncertointy exists os to the extent of plonning controls with l. The Compospe Plonning Scheme ond Munoy Shire regord to the stole boundory, which is o surveyed line otop of lhe plonning controls be lhoroughly investigoted in relotion Io bonk on lhe Victorion side of the Murroy River. The stote the stole boundory, to confirm the respective extenl of boundory lherefore bisecls the whorf structure. The legol extent jurisdiction. of the Victorion ond New South Woles plonning controls need to be definitively determined to ensure oll development opprovols 2. An omendment to the Compospe Plonning Scheme be ore issued by the oppropriote outhority. prepored which includes the following controls generolly in the formol provided : The Shire of Compospe Locol Low pertoining io povemenl dining . An Echuco Heritoge Port Policy, should olso be revised lo cleorly encouroge 'olfresco' outooor dining throughout the Heritoge Precinct. . Alterotion of lhe Town Slruclure Plons - Echuco (Clouse 2l .05-l ) ond the Commerciol Policies (22.06)
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precinct of Echuco
to reflect ihe recommendotions of the Moster plon in relolion to the commerciolcenlre, . Incorporotion or the Echuco Moster plon, . ,{ Speciol Use Zone Echuco Heritoge port - in the B 2.0 PRIORITY OT WORKS immediote vicinity of the port oreo including properties obutting Hopwood Gordens, ond The implementot¡on progromme hos been slructured to ollow properlies on the west side of Murroy Esplonode south relotively low copitol cost projects 10 be implemented in the short to Rodcliffe Street, ond the roilwoy stotion complex. term. Priorily hos been given to works thot will hove o significont ond immediote impoci on the heritoge precinct. The key works 3. Further investigotion be undertoken of the desirobility of proposols in Phose I willdromoticolly extend ond reorient The exponding the commerciol centre soulh to McKinloy visitor/tourist experience of Echuco ond, in porticulor, the historic Street, porticulorly given potentiolfor the commerciol Port. redevelopmenl of the former TAFE site. Other projecls hove been identified for their cotolylic volue in 4. Amendment of the Locol Roods, Streei ond public ploces precipitoting ongoing development or consolidotion of stoged Locol Low (Schedule 2 Street Furniture on Roods ond developments. "The Meeting of the Whisfles", for exomple, Public Ploces) to : should dromoticolly increose visitors Io the port ond will be o o rerñove the orbitrory upper limit of 2 tobles g ond powerful cololyst for the further development of the southern choirs, whorf. . require the proposed type/oppeoronce of seoting to be specified by the oppticont, ond thoi The seoiing Phose I style ond colour should complement the oppeoronce of the premises. The Phose I works focus on the estoblishment of oppropriote plonning fromeworks ond insligoling immediote chonge on the 5. A Seporote Rote Scheme be invesiigoted os o meons port precinct to extend the visitor experience to o brooder of funding pori of the slreefscope improvement progrom. contextuol understonding of the old whorf. The key components of lhis strotegy ore fhe reconsfruction of Hopwood's punt north of the whorf ond lhe consolidotion of wolking troils olong eoch side Bl.3 Summory of Recommendotions Shire of Murroy of the Murroy River between the puni ond troffic bridge, L lmmediote oction be token os o joint initiotive between the The "Meeting of the Whistles" proposol is strongly supported os Shire of Murroy ond Shire of Compospe prepore fo o key eorly works development in the pori precinct. Developmenl Control Plon or similor to offect public ond privote lond opposite the Port precinct io ensure thol fulure Oiher imporlont elemenTs to be implemented in fhe short ierm developmeni does not odversely impoct upon lhe Echuco include: Port precinct, ond thot oll development is consistent wilh . ovenue plonting olong the northern end of Hore Streel the Echuco Moster Plon. . development of o detoiled mooring slrotegy in the Poddlewheel Pork ond Wolson Street oreo 2. Alterotion of lhe Locol Environment plon ond Regionol . moster plonning of Hopwood Gordens ond integrotion Environment Plon be sought to occord with lhe with Murroy Esplonode recommendotions of the Echuco Moster plon, in relotion to . commencement of o detoiled feosibilily siudy for the lhe port structure ond to preserye the forested lond South Whorf extension. opposite the port. More detoiled descripiions of eoch elemeni ore included below. 3. Any olterotion of plonning conlrols cleorly require thot lhe Shire of Compospe ond fhe Deporlment of Noturol Resources ond Environment be formolly notified of ony developmenl consent opplicotions in New South Woles in the vicinity of the port,
REPORT B PART IMPLEMENTATION Sh¡re of Compospe Morch 2000 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner
Moslerplon - Heritoge Precinct of Echuco
PHASE ONE PROJECT REFERENCE TASK 2. Alternotive TAFE Site (2000-200r) l. Murroy Crossing . 45.8 . Submission The roilwoy corridor lond (River Crossing includes o site north of Pokenhom Street options) thot is currently being exomined os on olternotive to the exisling 2. Allernolive TAFE . 45.8.1 . Feosibilily Dorling Streei site of the south end of the CBD. Echuco TAFE is Site recognised os one Victorio's mosf successful Koori progromme 3. Hopwood . 45.3 . Mosterplon providers, in port due to the centrol locoiion of the exisling Gordens, incl. Design compus. The consultont teom olso strongly supports lhe long- Riverbonk Commission term relenlion of o centrol educolionol institulion on the bosis of 4. Punt ond wolking . 45.3 . Feosibilily. its commerciol octivily generotion ond the odded míx of people troil (Eost Bonk) Funding, D&C ond octivities it brings lo on urbon centre. commission 5. Aquolic Reserve r 45.5 . Environmentol Wolking Troil Anolysis 3. Hopwood Gordens 6. South Whorf Dev. . A 5.1 .3-8 . Feosibilìly Hopwood Gordens hos been identified os o key component of Feosibility the consolidoted Whorf Precinct. Presenily, the lock of continuily in surfoce treotmenTs ond the lock of deloilond spotiolinlimocy 7. Londscope, Hore . 45.7 . Design & within the gordens compromise the relotionship between Murroy Street Norlh lmplemenlolion Esplonode ond the Gordens. lt is therefore recommended thot 8. Meeting of lhe . A 5.1.2 . Consolidole the gordens ore mode lhe subject of o detoiled design thot Whislles Funding ollows for stoged developmenl over time, os funding Approoch opportunities become ovoiloble. 9. Mooring Slrotegy . A5.2 . Monogemenl Study, Stoge ì lmplemenlotion Esfoblrsh o design competition for the stoged redevelopment of 10. Wet Dock ond r A 5.1.9 . Design Hopwood Gordens. Seek support from Rofory for o long term Boordwolk lmplementotion vision f or Echuco's mosf hisforicolly significonf civic spoce. 'l ì. HerifogePrecincl . A 5.1 . Monogemenl Monogemenl Plon Study 4. Punl ond Wolking Troil 12. Plonning controls . B 1.0 . lmplemenlolion The extension of the whorf experience beyond The whorf itself is on importont component of the Moster Plon strolegy for lhe Heritoge Precinct. Presenlly. the spectoculor views of the whorf Murroy Crossing 1. itself ore only reodily ovoiloble from the bools thot ply the Murroy The proposed Murroy River Crossing is currently under detoiled from both whorf ond odjocent moorings to the north. The considerotion by VicRoods. A series of meelings hove been held with o proposed punt ond wolking troil on the NSW riverbonk will select committee represenling community ond business interests in rodicolly olter visitor perceptions ond oppreciotion of lhe whorf's Echuco ond Moomo, ond VicRoods is now considering two options for breothtokîng londscope setÌing. These elemenls ore further deloiled explorotion. The two options under considerotion ore: recommended os obsolule priorities for the Heritoge Precinct. o. A porollel bridge option linking to Sturt Street lo the eosi of Commission o feosibility study f or the punt ond budget estimofes the roilwoy. for the river wolk. b. A bridge to the west of the town connecting to Worren Street. 5. Aquotic Reserve Wolking Troil The Moster Plon consultonts hove olso presenlotion mode o to the The riverbonk wolking troilwill be completed by on extended commitlee ond hove strongly orgued in fovour of the weslern option in ond consolidqted network of pothwoys through the Aquotic order io preserve the long lerm integrity of the heritoge precincf. The Reserve. Although there is occess io this oreo, it is relotively porollel bridge option willolso severely proposed compromise TAFE inhospitoble due to the lock of clority ond definition development sìte on roilwoy siding lond south of the existing bridge. Esfoblish budget esfimofes ond defoi/ed loyouts for the wolking Ihe Shires of Compospe ond Moomo should continue to lobby stote troil. governmenl lo highlight fhe negolive long-term impoct of fhe porollel bridge option on the Heritoge Precinct.
REPORT PART B IMPLEMENTATION Shire of Compospe Morch 2000 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner
Moslerplon - Heritoge Precincl ot Echuco
South Whorf Development 6. Study Al/sfokeholders shou/d be involved in o jointly comrnissioned It is recommended thot the design proposol for the Soufh Whorf sf udy ond defoiled consu/fofion shou/d be underfoken wìth oil should be subject to more detoiled onolysis ond feosibility work in groups. The sfudy shou/d be integroled wtth o porolleldesign o study commissioned by the Authority. The whorf proposol study f or the river foreshore fhof conso/idofes exisfing od-hoc includes extended commerciol opportunities of the moin whorf mooring orrongemenfs o/ong lhe Victorion riverbonk. level ond o smoll hotel thot would be locoted in on upper ottic sforey. '10. Wet Dock ond Boordwolk The MosIer Plon incorporofes the extension of the South Whorf Further onolysis of the heritoge implicoiions of these proposols will into o dredged ond restored Wet Dock. The Wet Dock is on be required however they ore olso considered importonl importont connecting element between the whorf ond the north commerciol offset opportunilies for the significont costs end of Hore Slreet ond should be occessible by poth ond ossocioted with the extension of the whorf iiself. The consultont boordwolk through to the south end of the exTended whorf. teom olso believes lhot Ihese proposols ore noT by their noture inconsisteni with oim the to mointoin ihe ouihenTic quolity of the Estob/ish copifolworks ond mointenonce budget for the Wet old whorf. dock reslorotion ond pediesfrion occess pofhs ond boordwolks. Commission feosibility study for ihe South Whorf developmenÍ. 11. Heriloge Precincl Monogemenl Plon A new monogement plon should be developed for the Heritoge Londscope, 7. Hore Streel. Precinct, incorporoting the key components of the Moster plon The estoblishment of o shody ovenue of frees of the northern end implemenTotion proposols, os well os specified responsibility for of Hore Slreet is recommended os o simple remedy 1o the different components of the precinct. The Shire should consider currently inhospiioble noture of this precinct. proposol This con on extended outhorily with brooder representotion. The existing be eosily budgeted ond delivered with little further input required Porf Aulhorily could remoin o key sub-group of the new body. from externol consultoncies. Commission o monogemenf study to esfob/ish new monogement Estob/ish budget plonting progromme. ond mechonisms for the precincf . The study ond recommendofions shou/d be bosed on the fromeworksef down in the precinct 8. "Meeting of the Whislles" Roil line Spur Moster Plon. Significont work ond lobbying hos olreody been undertoken by the Authorily in support of the proposol to reestoblish the old roil 12. Plonning Conlrols connection to the whorf. Relotively insignificont civil work is Detoiled recommendotions for plonning controls hove been required olong the proposed route ond there oppeors to be described in Section Bl.0 of this report. These should be enocted strong commercioljustificotion for the investmenf. The proposed immediotely. line would creoie o spectoculor centre of woter ond roil borne steom power ond further consolidote Echuco's unique heritoge significonce ond ottroctions. Phose 2
The Aulhority should f continue fo seek undÌng for thís excifing Phose 2 works will further consolidote the wider context of the initiotive with strofegic supporf from the Shire of Compospe ond port ond its integrotion with both the High Slreet precinct ond the Tourism Vicforio. CBD. These works extend to physicolimplemenfotion of londscoping proposols os well os feosibilily work on new Mooring Slrotegy 9. pedestrion bridge crossings on Ihe Compospe River. The development of o coherent, controlled ond effective mooring strotegy for Murroy ihe River between the bridges ond Mosterplonning ond feosibility works ore olso progrommed for the Vicforio is precinct Pork on essentiolcomponent of the Heritoge Roilwoy Stotion precinct, Municipol precinct ond Compospe Mosïer Plon. The strotegy should minimise the visuol impoct of River. non-heritoge type croff on the old whorf environs (including river vislos.) An imporiont component of this stoge of the Moster plon is the estoblishment of development fromeworks for strotegic sites in The mooring strotegy should incorporote monogement sirotegies the High Street precinct. for the port sfeom boof fleet, privotely run commerciol ferries (including steomboots ond diesel operoted croft). houseboors ond other privote croft.
REPORT PART B - IMPLEMENTATION Shire of Compospe Morch 2000 4 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gemer
Mosterplon - Heriloge Precincf of Echuco
Phose 3 I PROJECT RETERENCE TASK Phose 3 will inevitobly be subject lo further chonge over the 12. Sowmill . A 5.1.7 ¡ Exhibit DesÍgn, per¡od leoding up to 2003. Nevertheless, this development phose t lmplementotion esloblishes o timetoble for the instigotion of the mojor works ì 3. High Slreet ¡ A 5.4.1 o Review & proposed for lhe old whorf ond port precinct os well os longer Londscoping lmplementotion term proposols like the development of Educotionol ond lnterpretive focilities on the Compospe flood ploin. The Roilwoy 14. High Street Dev. o A 5.4.5 . ldentify olt, Stolion precinct is olso identified os o mojor focus of Siles Locolions for development for this phose of the moster plon works. existing uses 15, Leslie Streel Axis . A 5.4.3-4 . Design & Works lmplementotion
1ó. Ped. Bridges, . 45.ó . Feosibilily Compospe R.
ì 7. Compospe R, . 45.ó o Feosibilify Corporking PROJECT TASK Whorf 18. Southern Whorf . A 5,1.3,.l0 . Fundiñg 24. . Public EOI - Development bose slruclure Approoch & lmplemenloiion lmplementotion Roilwoy I9. Art Gollery . A 5.7,3 . Feosibilily, 25. . Public EOI Slofion Lobbying lmplementoiion Redevelopmenf Strotegy 20. Wor Memoriol . A 5.7.1 . Consullolion, Compospe Design comm., 26. . Development lmplemenlotion Flood Ploin Comp Feosibilty ond lnlerp. Cenlre 21. Roilwoy Stolion . A 5.8,2 . Mqsterplon lmplementotion Art Gollery Precinct Study 27. r Design & lmplementotion 22. Compaspe River . ,A 5.ó . Environmenlol Report 23. Roilwoy Corridor o 45.8 . lmplementotion - Londscoping
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B 3.0 DETAILED COSTINGS
Proposed Southern Whorf Extension
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precinct of Echuco
Echuca Masterplan South Wharf Development Echuca Masterplan South Wharf Development Early Works Early Works Description Unit eW Rate Total Description , Un.t ety Rate Total Extensíon of southern wharf section similar to existing mz 1624 lgoo 3,ogs,6oo Construction of wet docks wharf (extension of approximately 100 metres) Note area Removal of silt indicated is plan area of upper level item 20,000 Landscaping/planting to wet dock edge item 5,000 Signage to wet dock southern shed building area item 1,000 comprisíng lower and upper levels m2 iToo 800 1,360,000 (shellonly) Pedestrian access
Construction of lower floating Allowance for external services (electricity boardwalk / pontoon m2 110 275 30,250 etc) item 100,000 Allowance for vertical circulation no 2 5,000 10,000 Southern shed fit out Restoration of wharf Archival storage area cranes no 2 5,000 10,000 m2 120 600 72,OO0 Theatrette, shop, exhibition etc m2 330 1,000 330,000 New wharf Hotel reception cranes no 2 10,000 20,000 m2 100 1,000 100,000 Cafe, kitchen, bar etc m2 300 1,000 300,000 Upper level hotelfit out m2 850 '1,200 1,020,000 Sub total 7,114,960 Reinstatement of rair rine incruding extensíon of pratform at item 300,210 Contingency wharf, additional track points etc in port yard (estimate as 5% 355,748 provided) Level crossing with lights Total 7,470,709 and boom no 2 45,OOO 90,000 Signage item 5,000 Landscaping say $7,471,OOO 0 Exclusions
Extend rail platform and restore rail precinc{ platform item 60,000 Professional fees Signage item 1,000 Landscaping furniture etc item 5,000 Upgrade of existing wharf
Relocate millengine item 5,000 Items of plant or machinery other than those specifically mentioned above Relocate carpark displaced by reinstatement of rail line m2 17OO 60 102,OO0 Landscaping and signage covered elsewhere note Works to the river other than those direcfly related to construction of the wharf extension and Relocation of services underground dredging of the wet along Murray item 56,000 dock Esplanade adjacent to rail siding
costs (if any associated with rerocation (either Landscaping to Murray Esplanade ) temporariry or permanently) of Pedestrian pavements existing business enterprises m2 240 25 6,000 Mature trees no 30 2OO 6,000 Notes Shrubs no 60 40 2,400 Street furniture item 7,500 The estimate on based Signage on current rates and makes now item 5,000 allowance for increases in costs that may occur up to date of construction and/or during construction
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I Vorterpton - Heriloge Precinct of Echuco
I
CI.O REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES
The following bockground documents ore briefly reviewed with respecf fo this currenT study. This summory focuses upon plonning, londscope, iroffic ond heritoge issues in the port ond Centrol Business District of Echuco. For furfher informotion copies of these documents ore generolly ovoiloble ot Compospe Shire Council.
CI.I SHIRE OF CAMPASPE INTEGRATED STRATEGY PLAN I99ó
Prepored by O'Nei/ Pollock & Associole s f or fhe Shire of Compopse
The lntegroted Strotegy Plon wos prepored following locol government omolgomotions, Io provide o comprehensive strofegy for the bolonced growth of the new municipoliiy, up ro the yeor20l0. The lntegroted Strotegy plon (lSp) wos the bosis for the recently completed Compospe plonning Scheme.
Of relevonce to the this current study, the lSp proposes fo moximise tourism opporfunities ond specificolly supports ond promotes the Port of Echuco (p.i2). The lSp recognises the ,vitol' significonce of mon mode ond built heritoge ossets within tne municipolify, ond the desirobiliiy of mointoining lhe íntegrity of heritoge oreos, through the implementotion of oppropriote plonning controls. The Strotegy plon proposes to introduce monogement plons for oreos of heritoge volue, ond mointoin Council's existing heritoge odvisory service.
The commerciol hierorchy of the Shire denotes Echuco os o sub- regionol centre which serves on extensive hinterlond. The lSp stotes thot smollscole commerciol growth should be occommodoted wilhin ihe existing centrol business district. lf long term exponsion or o pofentiol discount deportment is unoble to be occommodoted within the existing cenlre. then odditionol commerciol lond could be sought immediotely to fhe south of the centre.
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Mosterplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
C1.2 SHIRE OF CAMPAPSE CORPORATE PLAN 1999-2002 - BATANCING THE FOCUS
Prepored by Shire of Compopse The Corporote Plon will guide the decision moking of Shire of Compospe during ifs specified three yeor period. The Corporote Plon oddresses the full ronge of Councilservices ond resoonsibiliiies.
The 'Vision' of The municipolity recognises the economic volue of tourism To the municipolity. The Shire is cited os one of the top five tourist desiinotions in Victorio. The Corporote Plon promoles lhe exponsion ond diversificoiion of Tourism opporlunities, ond estoblishes o ronge of performonce meosures to determine Ihe success of locol tourism initiotives.
With regord 1o lond use plonning, the Corporote Plon proposes the continuotion of on integroted strotegic plonning opprooch, including the protection of heritoge ossets. The Corporote Plon proposes thot o five yeor supply of suilobly zoned lond be provided to enoble the ongoing sustoinoble development of Ihe municipolily.
Cl.3 Drotl 20 Yeor Slrotegy Plon to Achieve our Vision lor 2020, Moy 1999
Prepored by Shire of Compospe.
This droft working document presents o 20 yeor strotegy for to ensure systemoiic decision moking in order to ochieve specified lond use oulcomes
ln relotion to ihe current study, the Strotegy Plon proposes the development of o tourism strotegy which builds upon the sfrength of locol heritoge ond fhe noturol environment. Wiihin Echuco 10% of the workforce is employed in the tourism/service sector of 'Accommodotion, Cofes ond Restouronts' (p. ì2). The Strotegy Plon ploces o high prioriTy on exponding ond improving the historic Echuco Port Precinct, ond exiending ihe roilwoy line from the existing stotion io ihe Port. The rehobilitotion of ihe Loco Sheds ond surrounds is olso identified.
The Strotegy Plon proposes o seporofe Structure Plon for the Centrol Business District ond Hisioric Porf Precinct (i.e. current study). ln oddition To works lisied in the previous porogroph, the structure plon is to oddress cor porking ond the proposed new river crossing options. Sireetscope works ore proposed in the CBD, High ond Leslie Streets.
It is further proposed to protect Echuco's heritoge through the implemenfotion of ïhe City of Echuco Heriioge Conservotion Study (reviewed loier in this section).
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Mosferplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
CI.4 DRAFT ASSESSMENT OF CROWN OWNED SUBMERGED CI.5 DRAFT ECHUCA PORT AND CENTRAI BUSINESS DISTRICT TANDS AND BANKS OF THE RIVER MURRAY AT ECHUCA- 20 YEAR STRUCTURE PLAN (1e98), MOAMA, 1994 Plonning evoluolion reports for Crown owned Murroy Prepored by Shire of Compospe River Riporion lqnds ol Echucq/Moomo (doie unknown) This detoiled drofl document provides o comprehensive overview of the Historic Port ond Centrol Business Disirict. The Prepored by Deportmenf of Conservotion ond Lond Plon recognises the significonce of the fwo odjoining precincts Monogement et ol ond idenTifíes o ronge of opportunities ond constroints. The plon offers further support for ihe preporotion of locol structure plons These reports provide some useful commenTs concerning lond for the oreo ond identifies priorities in the immediote. shorl term, monogement including boot mooring orrongements on both medium ond long term. sides in the Murroy River, in the vicinity of the Port. The documeni hos not been finolised for o number of reosons The Plon notes o number of siles within the Port oreo olong High including the ongoing Yorto Yorto cose. Streel, which offer potentiol for redevelopment, including severol moTor vehicle premises. Within the CBD the MON The Assessment proposes the rotionolisotion of moorings in the Beveroge site, PTC lond ond former TAFE site ore identified os vicinity of Poddlewheel Pork downstreom of the whorf, due to potentiol lorge redevelopment sites. the high level of demond between fhe poddle steomers ond commerciol four boots. The Plonning Evoluotion further The report Ihen lists o ronge of projects proposed in the Port ond commenls thot o number of mooring structures do not hold CBD oreos. These projects ronge from mojor works such os tenure. ond fhot the 'odhoc' mooring orrongemenls ore reinstoting the roilwoy line, to minor street works ond wolking 'visuolly unocceptoble'. (p.ó) poths. Severol of the projects oppeor to be in the concepluol sloges, whilst other listed works ore known to be under woy. The outhority generolly supports the ongoing use of the riverbonk for tourism ond recreotionol purposes, olthough the The wide ronge of motters identified in this detoiled report ore need for siobilisotion works is idenlified. oddressed os port of the this Moster Plon for the two precincts.
On the opposite (north) side of the river, the slipwoy operotes under leosehold tenure io CoLM, ond is considered 1o be on C].ó PORT OF ECHUCA 5 YEAR CAPITAT WORKS PTAN 'I997 'importont port of the historic whorf experience.' The slipwoy moy hove potentiol for limited recreotion ond commerciol Prepored by fhe Porf of Echuco Authority cctivilies. The heovily timbered noture of Borge Bend. south of the slipwoy, provides on importont heritoge/conservotion The Port of Echuco Five Yeor Copitol Works Develooment Plon controsl lo the Port of Echuco. Boih reports oppose further outlines the key investment priorities os defined by the Port of development on the foreshore or river bonk in this oreo. Echuco Authorily. The report idenlifies Ihe existing strengfhs of the existing port tourist experience, ond in porticulor, the unique The Plonning Evoluotion suggests thot the oppointment of contribution of the locolsfeom boot fleet io fhe Port of Echuco. Murroy Council ond Echuco City Council (now Compospe Shire) os fhe trustees for their respeciive sides of the river should The mojor components of lhe plon ore the extensions to Ihe be given more detoiled considerofion. existing whorf, the reconnecfion of the roil line ond the proposed corgo shed museum.
CI.7 DESIGN OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF HIGH STREET, ECHUCA, AUGUST I997
Prepored by MounsellPty. Ltd, John Potrick Pty. Ltd ond Allom Lovellond Associotes Pty. Ltd.
Mounsell Pty Ltd wos engoged by the Shire of Compospe io review ond recommend on oppropriote cross section ond infersection treotments for the seciion of High STreet between
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
Heygorlh Slreet ond Worren Sfreet, Echuco. The objectives of CI.IO ECHUCA WHARF AND AQUATIC RESERVE the finol design reoched the best compromise between occess, CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PtAN I998 mobilify ond function for oll rood users, shopkeepers ond Andrew Word Archifect urol Hislorion oedestrions. The Echuco Whorf ond Aquotic Reserye Conservolion This report olso deolt with heritoge issues. lt wos founded on on Monogement Plon 1998 studied the Murroy River bonk befween onolysis of the phologrophic evidence of old High Sireet for the pontoon bridge site ond fhe iron bridge ond included the vorious time periods leoding to summories of the street furniture whorf oreo, former pumping stotion ond lron bridge os its including tree plonlings in use in discrele time periods in the principol elements. lt mode recommendotions for the future City's history. A Londscope Plon ond technicol drowings were monogement of these oreos with o view to conserving their prepored sufficient to ollow construction of the first stoge of culturol heriloge significonce. streei works in High Streel befween Heygorth Streel ond the Rodcliffe Streel intersection. This reoori olso leod to The construction of the Compospe River wolk troil. C].I I ECHUCA PRINCIPAT TRAFFIC ROUTES PROGRAM, JULY 1 998 Prepored by TurnbullFenner Pty Ltd. C].8 STREETSCAPE RENEWAT FOR THE SHIRE OF CAMPASPE (DATE UNKNOWN) Turnbull Fenner Piy Ltd wos engoged by VicRoods Northern Region to prepore o report on the PrincipolTroffic Routes within Prepored by Dovid Beordse//, /nstifufe for Horticultvrol the township of Echuco. Emphosis wos ploced on the objective Deve/opmenl to improve rood spoce monogement for oll rood users ond the identificotion of troffic monogement requirements orising out of This report describes the key chorocteristics of the locol soil ond the Echuco Wesl Residentiol Develoomenl. surveys the trees for l0 iowns in the Shire, including Echuco. lt outlines trees which ore successful, couse problems, ond discusses heritoge trees. lmportontly il recommends specific Cl.12 TOWNSHIP OF ECHUCA ROAD HIERARCHY REPORT, tree species for the heovv soils of Echuco. MARCH I998 Prepored by TurnbullFenner Pty Ltd. CI.9 CITY OF ECHUCA CONSERVATION STUDY, 1992 Turnbull Fenner Pty Lld wos engoged by the Shire of Compospe Prepored by Andrew Word Architecturol Historion to develop o functionol rood hierorchy for the Township of Echuco. The report discusses principles behind vorious types of The Cify of Echuco Conservofion Sfudy wos completed in July, rood hierorchies ond the study recommended on oppropriote 1992 ond undertoken by Andrew Word supported by o study rood clossificoïion for the rood neiwork in Echuco. The teom including Dovid Breoden. the heritoge odviser, Hilory du development of on effeclive functionol rood hierorchy for the Cros, Gory Vines ond Robert Cooper. This Siudy focused on lhe township of Echuco provided CouncilwiTh o bosis for o more identificotion ond ossessmenf of buildings ond ploces not consistent opprooch to monoging the rood network. previously protected in the Plonning Scheme. The culturol significonce of the Areo of Historic ond Londscope lnteresl covering Victorio Pork ond ïhe Port Areo os for south os CI.13 DRAFT REPORT -ECHUCA CENTRAT BUSINESS AREA AND ECHUCA Heygorth Street wos offirmed ond not studied further. PORT - CAR PARKING PREC|NCT PLANS (JUry 1999) Additionol historic oreos were identified including two ploces Prepored by Andrew O'Brien ond Associotes Pty Ltd both designoted os ihe Echuco Centrol Areo. The first extended the existing protected oreo south to Anstruther Street ond the Andrew O'Brien & Associoies Pty LId wos engoged by the Shire second identified o seporote oreo generolly between High ond of Compospe to develop o porking precinct plon for the Hore Streets running from the mid poinl between Ansfruther ond Echuco Centrol Business District (CBD). The study detoiled the Pokenhom Streets to Dorling Sireet. These oreos were cor porking supply ond demond for the next 20 yeors ond subsequently included in the Plonning Scheme os Urbon identified opportunities to increose the efficiency of ihe existing Conservotion Areos ond loter os Heritoge Overloy Areos. Mony porking supply. A Development Contribufion Plon wos of The buildings within the oreos were olso ossessed in terms of developed for the provision of new cor porking in the CBD ond their culturol heritooe volues. the Port Precincts.
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Moslerplon Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
CI.I4 MURRAY RIVER CROSSING AT ECHUCA / MOAMA ploce to ossisf ihe procticol monogement of Crown lond VrcRoods lnformotion Bullefin No. I Auoust 1999 issues. These orrongemenis generolly provide for on oppropriofe level of consultotion ond communicotion Refer to Section 4.2.2tor discussion. between outhoriiies, bui there is no overoll fromework to ossist in coordinoted outcomes reloted to this study.
While these orrongements regording o ronge of cross-border tAND AND DEVETOPMENT MANAGEMENT C2.O issues should continue to be encouroged, there is o need for o commonly odopted fromework. The Echuco Moster plon C2.1 LAND TENURE should be seen os providing such o decision moking fromework. The vorious stote ond locol government outhorities The Echuco Mosfer Plon willform ihe bosis of decision moking on both sides of lhe river should resolve To support the for lond developmeni ond monogemenf issues concerning implementotion of the Moster Plon. public ond privote lond within the sludy oreo, in both Victorio ond New South Woles. This will require the coniinued C2.1.2 Crown lond - Victorio cooperolion ond coordinotion between locol government, crown lond, tourism ond plonning outhorities in both slotes A significont portion of the Victorion port of the sludy oreo is Crown lond. This lond is locoted olong the Murroy River proposed These orrongement ore to be formolised Through frontoge 1o the iop of the river bonk, ond includes lond on the plonning modificotion of conirols ond crown lond river side of Murroy Esplonode, the Aquotic Reserve ond the monogement. These stotutory meosures will ploy o significont site of the municipol offices of the Shire of Compospe. role in ensuring fhot inoppropriote development, which could offect the historicol integrity precinct, of ihe is ovoided ond the The disused roilwoy lond is vested in Ihe Crown, os ore porls of development of crown lond, including The Port ond roilwoy the Compospe River frontoge ond o smoll number of siles corridor, is undertoken in occordonce with on overoll vision. ond wifhin the commerciol centre, including some governmenl not in on od hoc monner. offices ond educoTion focilities.
The Mosler Plon oreo is primorily bosed upon the Echuco Porr Crown lcnd is reserved under the Crown Lond Reserves Act ond centrol commerciol oreo, olso but extends ocross lhe 1978lor vorious purposes. The whorf oreo is set oside os on Murroy River to include the forested oreo thot forms on Historic lnierest ond Public Purpose Reserve, whilst ihe Aouotic visuol importont bockdrop of the historic Port. The study oreo is Reserve is set oside for the Promotion of Tourism ond public divided by the Victorio/New South Woles stote boundory ond Purposes. The Council offices occupy o Public ond Municipol includes public ond privote lond in both stotes. Purposes Reserve.
C2.1.1 Stote Border The monogement of these oreos of Crown lond olong the Murroy River hos been delegoted 1o Compospe Shire Council The stote border between New South Woles ond Victorio in the os o Committee of Monogemenl by the Deportmenl of is generolly Echuco oreo o surveyed line locoted of the fop of Noiurol Resources ond Environment under the Crowns Lond the bonk on the Victorion side of the Murroy River. The border Reserves Act. Compospe Shire Council, in turn, hos oppointed ploces the river ond the oreo below the too of the bonk on the Port of Echuco Authority to monoge the whorf oreo unoer the Victorion side, in New Souih Woles. Section Bó of the Locol Government Act 1989.
The stote border dissecfs the existing Echuco whorf siructure, Comment plocing port port of the whorf in New Souih Woles ond in It is proposed thot the river front Crown lond in the vicinity of Victorio. peg A con be seen on the whorf morking the stote the Port including the roilwoy lond be monoged in boundory. occordonce with this Moster Plon. This con be ochieved by vorying the deed of delegotion under Section l4 of fhe Crown Comment Londs Reserves Act. This moy be on effective mechonisms of The locotion of the stote boundory complicotes the ensuring the long term vision of the study is ochieved on public monogement of lond in the study oreo. However it oppeors os well os privote lond. thot Compospe ond Murroy Councils. ond the Deportment of Noturol Resources (Victorio) ond Environment ond the To ensure co-ordinoted monogement of the Aquotic Reserve Deportment of Lond ond Woter Conservotion (New South ond roilwoy corridor section of ihe study oreo, Council ond Woles) hove o ronge of formol ond informol mechonisms in DNRE should consider oppointing o single outhority os the
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monoger of this lond. The optimol solution for well integroted development of the crown lond would be the oppointment of one oufhority Io monoge the Port, Aquotic Reserve, roilwoy conidor including the roilwoy stotion complex ond Hopwood Gordens. The proposed roilwoy irock is o privote spur line ond should be included within the control of ihe new ouihority. The proposed monogement outhority oreo is shown in Figure ì l.
C2.1.3 Crown lond - New Soulh Woles
The New South Woles Deoortment of Lond ond Woler Monogement hos delegoted the monogement of Crown lond below the top of the bonk on the Viclorion side of the Murroy River to Compospe Shire Council for proclicol reosons.
The forested oreo on the opposite side of the river from the whorf is, in port, Crown lond under the direcl monogement of the Deportment of Lond ond Woter Conservotion (NSW). The Crown lond is limited in extent, ond exlends from (but does not include) the slip woy opposite the Hopwood Gordens, south oround the bend in lhe river opposite ihe whorf, ond o short t disionce eost to Forbes Street. Privote lond Iitles exist eost of Forbes Street ond north of the slip woy. During fhe course of ihe siudy development conseni for o dwelling on one of these litles highlighted the potentiol for odverse impocts on the forested bockdrop ocross The River.
Murroy Shire Council hos published o smqll brochure promoting o river side wolk through this oreo of public lond.
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Comment Summory of Recommendotions - Public Lond
The limited exlent of Crown lond opposite the whorf in New l. Using fhe Moster Plon os o decision-mok¡ng fromework, South Woles is olreody of significont concern to Compospe encouroge ond focilitole ongoing co-ordinotion between Shire Council ond the Port Authority. This forested oreo forms locol ond stote government outhorilies in Victorio ond New on importont noturol visuol bockdrop to the Port oreo, os South Woles. This would include the Shire of Compospe, discussed in other sections of this report. Undeveloped privote Shire of Murroy, Deportment of Noturol Resources ond lond visible from the whorf, preferobly oll lond souTh of Hunt Environment, Deportment of Lond ond Wofer Monogement, Street, should be purchosed by o public oulhoriiy ond Tourism Victorio ond its New South Woles counterport. reserved for historic interest, public purposes or similor. This will ossist to ensure thot the future monogement of the lond does 2. Vory the deed of delegotion reloting to the monogemenf of not prejudice the historic Porf oreo. public lond in the Port oreo including the roil corridor io require thot the lond be monoged in occordonce with fhe The purchose of lond south of Word Street ond Lot ó0, Moster Plon (VicTorio). A similor opprooch should be pursued between Word ond Hunt StreeI, should be given high priority in New South Woles. os o motter requiring inter-government co-operotion, in the interests of the historic integrity of the Port ond to ovoid 3. Appoint o single outhority (similor to the Port Authority) to odverse impocts on the estoblished tourist precinct. monoge crown lond within the precinct in o coordinoted monner. The crown lond oreo should include the port, roil It moy olso be possible to hove the Moster Plon referenced in corridor. roilwoy slotion precinct, Aquotic Reserve ond licence orrongements ond public lond monogement in New Hopwood Gordens. South Woles, os proposed in Vicïorio. 4. Focilitote the government purchose of oll privoTe lond south of Hunt Street to the Murroy River, plocing highest priority for C2.1.4 Licences ond Moorings purchose on Ihe lond south of Word Street ond west of Forbes Street, ond thot the lond be reserved for historic The locofion of the stote boundory determines thot port of lhe interest or o similor purpose. whorf ond olher structures, ore the responsibility of the New South Woles Deportment of Lond ond Woter Conservotion. 5. Encouroge the mooring of poddle steomers ond other boors The DeporlmenÌ hos issued the Port of Echuco Authority o of hisforicol oppeoronce in the immediote vicinity of the Crown Lond Licence which enobles the AuThority to occupy Port, on both sides of the river. Relocote other boots to the Port oreo fo the exclusion of olher porlies. mooring points north of the Port odjocent to Victorio pork.
Boofs ond pontoons locoled on either side of the river ore technicolly moored in New South Woles ond should hove oppropriote licence or mooring orrongemenls. A Mooring C3.O CAMPASPE SHIRE COUNCIL Monogement Plon Moomo/Echuco is currently under preporotion with inpul from Councils ond stote governmenl The Compospe Plonning Scheme offects privote ond public outhorities on both sides of the river. lond use ond development in the Victorion port of the study oreo. The Locol Lows ond Seporote Rote orovisions of the Comment Locol Government Act ore olso relevont to fhe studv.
ln order to further mointoin ond enhonce the historic integrity of the Port oreo, it is proposed thol only poddle steomers or C3.l Compospe Plonning Scheme other croft hoving some historicol references, be permitted to moor odjocent to lhe Aquotic Reserve, Port oreo ond Wotson All plonning scheme confrols in the Shire of Compospe were SIreei, on either side of fhe river. Other croft ore proposed to reviewed os porl of the slote-wide plonning ogendo to introduce be relocoted north of the historic precinct, preferobly in ihe lhe Viclorion Plonning Provisions (VPP). The Plonning Scheme which vicinity of Victorio Pork. This proposol is recommended to form wos opproved in October 1998 consisls of o Slote Plonning policy port of the finolised Mooring Monogement Plon Fromework, MunicipolStrolegic Stoiement (MSS) ond Locol Moomo/Echuco. Policies, slole wide zones, overloy conlrols identifying locol feotures ond o ronge of other provisions. The existing ponning controls ore shown in drowings 9 ond 10 in port D of this report.
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
The Compospe Plonning Scheme mops show controls extending below fhe lop of the bonk, ocross ihe siote border, into the Stole Plonning Policy Fromework Murroy River (New South Woles). The Stote Plonning Policy Fromework opplies ocross Victorio. Comment Some stote policies which ore of porticulor relevonce fo this study ore : The legol stotus of the Compospe plonning controls extending . Heritoge (Clouse l5.l l), beyond ihe stoTe boundory is questionoble. ond this molter requires fhorough investigotion. Compospe Shire ond Murroy . Activity Cenires (17 .01), Shire require certointy os to the extent of their respective . Tourism (17 .04), ond plonning controls, porticulorly in relofion to port octivities which moy stroddle the stote boundory. . Design ond Built Form (ì 9.03).
These policies give further stotufory weight to ochieving the vorious objectives of the study for Ihe commerciol centre ono Port oreo.
Municipol Strotegic Stotemenl & locql Policies
The Municipol Strofegic Stofement identifies Echuco os on importonf commerciol ond community centre serving o cotchment of 50.000 people in northern Victorio ond southern New South Woles.
The Port of Echuco, Murroy River ond the river boots. ond historic buildings ore recognised os key iourism ossets wilhin the MSS. The locol tourism industry (which includes ihe licensed clubs on Ihe north side of the river) is estimoted in the MSS to generote of turnover of $100 million, noi including the ossocioted multiplier effect.
The Sfrotegic Objecfives of the MSS, relevont to ihis sIudy, propose to : ¡ erìcouroge the development of new lourisf ottrociions which complemeni existing tourist enTerprises for the economic benefit of the community, . co-opêrote with odjoining municipolities including the Shire of Murroy, immediotely north of Echuco, lo furlher tourism opportunities,
o [ecognise the significonce ond need To protect heritoge ossets, ond . the need for strucfured development wifhin ond odjocent to existing commerciol centres.
These objectives ore furlher orticuloted in the . Tourism Policy (22.03), . Heritoge Policy (22.04), ond . Commerciol Policy (22.06)
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Mosferplon - HerÌfoge Precincl of Echuco
The Tourism Policies (22.03) encouroges continued support ond issue of o plonn¡ng permit by Council. Conlrols on odverlising promoiion of ihe Port of Echuco ond the Murroy River, buI in ihe Business I Zone ore the most flexible of oll the zones. does not orticulote how This objective is To be ochieved. The Heritoge Policies (22.04) propose the enhoncement ond A smoll Residentiol Zone contoining some historic dwellings is protection of herifoge feotures port including the of Echuco locoted on Heygorth Sfreet opposite ihe Aquotic Reserve. through the development of monogement plons ond controls. The policy orgues thoi o needs bolonce io be determined The public whorf oreo is zoned Public Pork ond Recreotion between developmeni ond conservotion. Lone, ond the bolonce of the Crown lond river fronioge including the Aquotic Reserve is offected by the public The policies further propose The implementoiion of octions Conservotion ond Resource Zone, which ploces on emphosis proposed in the plon Shire of Compospe lniegroted Strotegy on noture conservotion. Public lond odjocent to the west 1996. bonk of the Compospe River is olso locoted within the public Conservoiion ond Resource Zone. Commenl Council is oble to issue plonning permits which opply to public The exisling policies ore supportive generol of the direcfions of lond, thot it is responsible for monoging. including the river the Mcster Plon of port, enhoncing Ihe heritoge volue of ihe frontoge ond Port oreo, by virtue of Clouse 6l of |he plonning increosing tourism visitotion ond strengthening the key regionol Scheme. lf the proposed use is not listed in Clouse ó/ then the role of Echuco . os o regionol commerciol centre plonning permit musf be issued by the Minister of plonning. The plonning scheme however locks o Locol Policy specific to Clouse 67 furlher requires thot if the public lond contoins o the PorI. An Echuco Heritoge Port proposed Policy is to cleorly building clossified by the NotionolTrust of Austrolio (Vic Bronch) orticulote the objectives outcomes of the plon ond Moster Trust, thot outhority must be notified of the opplicotion. DNRE orocess. musT be notified off ony opplicotion to remove or lop vegetotion on Crown lond monoged by Council. An outline of the content of the Echuco Heriioge port policy proposed provided ond other controls is oT the end of this The Urbon Floodwoy Zone opplies Io on oreo of lond odjocent section. The proposed locotion of these controls is shown in to the Compospe River of the west end of Leslie Sireet whicn Drowing ì ì. extends olong the river. This lond is identified os subject to deep flooding ond the plonning scheme occordingly severely restricts ln relotion to the Echuco Centrol Business District it is proposed develoomenf. thol the Town Structure Plons - Echuco (Clouse 21.0S-l) ond the Commerciol Policies (22.06) be omended to include relevonr Comment recommendotions of this study with porticulor regord to oppropriote urbon form. The Business I Zone is the most oppropriote zone to opply to the moin commerciol oreo of Echuco, ond some of the port oreo. It is recommended thot both the Echuco Heritoge port policy ond Town Structure Plons - (Clouse Echuco 21.05-l) ond the The Business I Zone however prevenls control of the chonge of Commerciol Policies (22.06) plon. refer to the Echuco Moster use of existing buildings in the highly sensitive oreo, immediotely The Echuco Moster Plon is proposed 1o referenced be or odjocent to the historic Port. This is of subslontiol concern. The incorporoted into the Compospe Plonning Scheme. oppeoronce of inoppropriote uses within the core of the tourism precinct could seriously impoct upon the volue of existing improvements ond Ihe integriiy of Ihe whole precinct in the Zones future. For this reoson it is considered thot o discrete oreo oround The Port including properties obutting Hopwood The Business privotely I Zone offects most owned lond within Gordens ond on the wesi side of Murroy Esplonode south to the historic Porf oreo ond the moin commerciol centre of Echuco. The locotion of lhe zone is shown on Drowing 9. Rodcliffe Street, should be designoted os o Speciol Use Zone - The Business I Zone is o stote wide zone which is opplied to Echuco Heritoge Port, with oppropriofe use, development ono most troditionol commerciol cenires. The zone focilitoies odvertising controls. The Speciol Use Zone should olso ínclude commerciol development by ollowing the chonge of use of the roilwoy slolion complex ond surrounding lond. exisling buildings without the issue of o plonning permil, in mony instonces. The consiruction of ony new buildings or The Speciol Use Zone hos been opplied in similor heritoge substontiolworks to existing structures however do require lhe precincfs in Moldon ond Wolhollo. The Speciol Use Zone should
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Moslerplon - Her¡loge Precincl of Echuco
include buildings ond works controls which require issue of o Commenl plonning permit for oll works, ond lhot works be in occordonce with the Conservotion Monogement Plon. or thot o The extensive Heritoge Overloy provides o mechonism to ensure conservotion plon prepored for the specific site in consultofion thot new development ond ollerotion of existing buildings wiihin wiTh Council's Heriloge Advisor. ln the cose of minor works o the heritoge precincts or selected sites is subjecl to the issue of Conservotion Monogement Plon moy not be required. These o plonning permit. requirements ore odditionol to those of the heritoge Overloy. It is Council procfice thot ollsuch opplicotions be considered by Council's Heriloge Adviser. This is on importont exercise, but Overloys there is o lock of stotutory direction os lo Ihe form of development to be encouroged. Overloy controls opply in oddition lo zone conirols to some oreos ond/or sites . For instonce o historicol building moy be It is proposed the Echuco Heritoge Port Policy recommend thot locoled within the Business I Zone but moy olso be offected by oll opplicofions be ossessed by Council's Heritoge Adviser. The the Heritoge Overloy controls. Moster Plon recommends fhot o Conservotion Monogement Plon be prepored to provide o comprehensive outline of Heritoge oppropriote works building by building os described in the Heritoge Section of this report. This Conservotion Monogement The Heritoge Overloy (ltem ì- Old Echuco Township Areo ond Plon should be referenced in the proposed Locol Policy. Viclorio Pork) offects on extensive oreo of ihe northern pori of the Echuco Iownship including Ihe Port oreo ond odjocent It is not considered necessory to review oiher existing plonning residentiol oreo. The Heriloge Overloy olso opplies to o controls in the recently opproved plonning scheme. significont number of individuol heritoge sites identified within the Port oreo, porticulorly olong High Street ond Murroy C3.2 Locol Lows Esplonode. The Heritoge Overloy is shown on Figure 1. Povement dining The Heritoge Overloy idenlifies o heritoge precinct within the commerciol oreo (ltem 2 - Echuco Centrol Areo) generolly During the course of the sludy froders hove identified thol the olong High Street between Anstruther Streef ond Dorling Shire of Compospe Locol Low concerning the plocement of Street, ond includes o number of properlies fronting Hore choirs ond tobles in front of premises, is overly reslrictive. ln Street. The Heritoge Overloy olso opplies to severolspecified recenT yeors outdoor or ol fresco eoting hos become sites within the moin commerciol oreo. increosingly populor ond mony cofes, restouronts ond loke owoy shops ore keen to ploce choirs ond tobles on the street. Lond Subject lo lnundotion This should be encouroged 1o enliven the streetscope.
This overloy generolly identifies oreos subject to o one in o The Roods, Street ond Public Ploces Locol Low (Schedule 2 hundred yeor flood. Development in these oreos requires the Street Furniture on Roods ond Public Ploces) requires o locol issue of o plonning permit, ond relevont flood reloted motters lows permit opplicotion to be mode to Councilto ploce tobles such os flood levels require considerolion. The Urbon ond choirs on the povement, ond no more thon two tobles ond Floodwoy Zone indicotes o more severe flood threoi thon the eight choirs will be permitted. The number of tobles ond choirs Lond Subject to lnundotion Overloy. The locotion of the moy Ihen only be increosed through o plonning permit Overloy is shown on Drowing 9. ^^^ti^^+;^hvPvilvvilvr r.
The Lond Subject to lnundotion Overloy offects Victorio Pork On review it is not considered necessory To ploce on orbitrory ond o significont o number of properties south of Victorio Pork upper limit on the moximum number of choirs ond tobles oble olong Ihe Compospe River. Within the Port oreo, properiies to ploced in front of o premises. Eoch opplicotion will be between Leslie ond Heygorth Street west of High Streei ond ossessed with regord to ovoiloble povement oreo ond streeT some properties eosl of High Street ore wiThin the overloy oreo. fixfures ond pedestrion sofely. The overloy offects some properlies fronting Murroy Esplonode north of Low Court Ploce ond fhe Aouotic Reserve. Any opplicotion for povement dining should be required to provide detoils of the sfyle of tobles ond seoting proposed. The centrol business district of Echuco is generolly not offected Furniture should be of on oppropriote quolity ond should by the Lond Subjecl to lnundotion Overloy. complement Ihe colour scheme or other chorocteristics of the
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Mosterplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
premises. This requirement is odditionolto the current 3. Amendment of the Locol Roods, Street ond public ploces prohibilion plostic on choirs in the Port oreo heritoge precinct. Locol Low (Schedule 2 Streel Furnilure on Roods ond public Ploces) to: lf is recommended thot the existing onnuolshire chorges for plocing tobles ond choirs on the povemenT should be refoined. o rernovê Ihe orbitrory upper limit of 2 iobles ond B choirs, The funds collecied will continue to ossisl the cost of . opply o nominol one-off fee of $20 per seot chorge, ond moinfoining these public oreos. . require the proposed type/oppeoronce of seoting to be ll should be noted lhot in oreos offecied by the Heritoge specified by the opplicont, ond thoi The seoting style ond Overloy ond the Rood Zone Cotegory I (High SIreet ond colour should complement the oppeoronce of the premises. Heygorth Street) o plonning permit is required in oddilion to the Locol Lows permit to ploce seoting on ihe povemenf. C4.O SHIRE OF MURRAY Advertising Signs New South Woles hos o Two tiered plonning system. The Shire of The proposed streeiscope redevelopment plons provides o Murroy Locol Environment Plon offecls privote ond public lond signoge scheme for Ihe considered plocement of signoge on obove the high woier mork of the Murroy River, whilst the verondohs ond shoo fronls. Murroy Regionol Environment Plon No 2 - Riverine Lond offecis the generol region ond the river below the high woler mork. The existing Locol Low - Roods, Streets ond Public ploces Locol Low - Schedule I - Advertising Signs on Roods ond Public ptoces C 4.1 locol Environment Plon stotes thot A-Frome boords moy not be ploced in metered porking oreos. The Locol Environment Plon designotes the lond generolly opposite the Echuco Whorf ond Aquotic Pork os ln view of the proposed streetscope redevelopmeni ond new . Zone No. ì (o) (Generol Rurol) ond opportunities for signoge it is considered oppropriote thol the prohibition of A-frome signs in melered porking oreos remoin. . Conservotion Areo. Refer to Drowing 9 for locotion of controls.
C3.3 Summory of Recommendotions - Shire of Compospe The Zone No. ì(o) (Generol Rurol) encouroges ogriculture ond primory production, ond recognises Ihe importonce of l. The Compospe Plonning Scheme ond Murroy Shire plonning oppropriote monogement of lond ond woler resources ond the controls be thoroughly investigoted in reloiion to ihe slote importonce of protecting ond conserving sensitive environmenrs boundory,lo confirm the respective extent of jurisdiction. ond heritoge items. All uses other thon ogriculture require development consenf (reod plonning permiT) to be issued by 2. An omendmeni to the Compospe Plonning Scheme be Council. prepored which includes the following controls generolly in provided ihe formot : The Conservotion Areo includes oll lond odjocent to the . An Echuco Heritoge Port Policy, northern bonk of the Murroy River within the study oreo. The zone extends to the Moomo lownshio. . Alterolion of The Town Struciure Plons - Echuco fClouse 21.O5-l ) ond lhe Commerciol Policies (22.06) to reflecl the Within ihe Conservotion Areo buildings moy not be demolisheo recommendotions of ihe Moster Plon in relotion to the or erected, trees destroyed, of ony oiher domoge toke ploce commerciol centre. without the conseni of Murroy Council. ln gronting consent, . lncorporotion or reference to the Heritoge Precinct Moster Council must consider the effect of ihe develooment on Ihe Plon, heritoge significonce of Ihe oreo. A Speciol Use . Zone - Echuco Heritoge Port in the It is common proctice of Murroy Shire Council to seek fhe immediote vicinity of the Port oreo including properties comments of the Heriloge Council (NSW) concerning proposols obuiting Hopwood Gordens, properties ond on Ihe west side within the Conservotion Areo, olthough the LEP only requires Murroy Esplonode of south to Rodcliffe Streel, ond Ihe Heritoge Council comment on opplicotions for demoliiion of on roilwoy stotion complex. item of environmentol heritooe.
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Mosterplon - Heriloge Precinct of Echuco
Additionol controls opply to development olong rivers in Zone There ore Iwo options of ochieving oppropriole plonning No. ì(o) (Generol Rurol). Council consenT is required lo corry controls in lhis oreo. either introduction of o Develoomenl out ony development within 20 melres of o river ond to Control Plon (DCP) or omendment of the LEP. li is suggested construct o building for ony purpose within 400 metres of o river. thol both these techniques be used to ochieve o level of confrol in the short term, ond more substontiol controls in the The developmenT of o house wilhin the study oreo is limited to longer term, respectively. one dwelling per lond holding, ond is subject Io Council consent. Under fhe current controls there oppeors to be the A DCP connot be more stringent thon Ihe LEP but con provide potentiol for opplicotion fo be mode for severol dwellings on further guidonce for ossessment of opplicotions. The DCP, for the privote lond in the study oreo opposite the port. One exomple, could not prohibit dwellings or prevent the dwelling currenily exists in this generol oreo. ln ossessing on development of other structures, but could highlight the opplicotion for o dwelling Council is required toke to toke inio importonce of this oreo fo the heritoge Port ond provide considerotion the obiectives of the Zone ond Conservotion odditionol guidonce in fhe ossessment of opplicotions. The Areo. preporotion of o DCP requires public exhibition ond opprovol by Council.
C4.2 Regionol Environmenl Plon ln comporison, modificotion of the LEP ond REP could ochieve stringent controls thoi would prevent certoin types of The Murroy Regionol Environment Plon No.2 Riverine Lond development ond would better ensure thot the visuol ouolilies provides o brood policy contexl for the considerotion of of the oreo ore mointoined. lt is understood thol this process of developmenl proposols. The plon focuses upon three key issues oltering the LEP ond/or REP moy toke up to l2 months ond will require government gozettol. . Conservotion of lond ond woter monogement, It is suggested thot os on interim meosure Moomo Shire ond . Flooding, ond Compospe Shire Council work together to prepore on . Tourist, recreotion ond urbon development. oppropriote DCP, To ensure opproprioie controls ore in ploce os soon os oossible. This plon does not ollow ony development to toke ploce which ln fhe longer term LEP REP is not permissible under the LEP. The REP must be fully omendmenl of the ond should be considered by Council in ossessing o proposol. sought to ensure the visuol quolities of the foresT ore mointoined ond enhonced ond generol intent of the Moster Plon is Commenl implemented. Preporotion of these plonning controls should proceed regordless os io whether government lond purchose Depending upon the outcome of recommended investigotions tokes oloce in the oreo. concerning the extent of eoch stote's plonning controls, it moy All chonges to the existing be determined lhot the REP offects thot port of the whorf within controls should specify thot the Shire of Compospe ond the Deportment New South Woles. Should this be the cose it is imoerotive thot of noturol Resources be the recommendotions of the Moster Plon be in some woy nolified of ony development opplicotions on the New South Woles side of the river in vicinify porl. incorporoted into the REP. the of the
A key issue of this study in New South Woles is the preservotion of the forest bockdrop opposile The whorf. Development connot occur in this oreo wifhout ihe consenl of Murroy Shire Council ond the exisling plonning controls require considerotion of historicol ond environmentol volues.
The controls however ore generol ond do not moke specific reference to the volues of the Port ond odjocent tourist precinct. Neither do the plonning confrols conclusively prevent the construcfion of odditionol dwellings or oiher buildings on privote lond. Such structures could severely reduce the visuol omenity of the Port oreo.
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Moslerplon - Heriloge Precincl of Echuco
Summory of Recommendolions C4.3 - Shire of Muroy . To creofe o mull¡-loyered tour¡sm experience..... lmmediote oction joint l. be token os o initiotive between The full list of objectives is provided in the Executive Summory. the Shire of Murroy ond Shire of Compospe to prepore o Development Confrol Plon To public privote offect ond The generol policy section of The proposed policy should reflect lond opposite the Port precinct to ensure thot future the octions lisled in the Moster Plon. Typicol content of This development does nof odversely impoct upon Ihe section is outlined below. precinct, Echuco Port ond ihol oll development is It is policy thot: consisteni wilh the Echuco MosIer Plon. The recommendot¡ons of the Moster Plon for the Heriloge 2. Alterotion of the Locol Environment Plon ond Regionol Precinct of Echuco ore implemenled in o strotegic ond EnvironmenT Plon sought be to occord with the coordinoted monner by the relevont municipolcouncils, other recommendotions of the Echuco Moster Plon, in relotion outhorifies ond public ond privote /ond ho/ders. to Ihe port structure ond to preserve the forested lond opposite the porl. Key works outlined Ìn the Mosfer Plon be encouroged ond focilitofed by Compospe Shire ond other relevont oufhorifies. 3. Any olterotion of plonning controls cleorly require thoT Key works include the reconsfruction ond extension of the the Shire of Compospe ond the Deportmeni of Noturol hisforic whorf , re-esfob/ishmenf of the roilwoy from the roilwoy Resources ond Environment be formolly notified of ony stofion to the whorf , ond restorotion of the roilwov sfofion developmenf consent opplicotions in New South Woles in complex. the vicinity port. of the Shorf ond long term cor porking ond occess orrongemenfs be under token in occordonce with the Mosler Plon to ensure Outline of Proposed C4.4 Plonning Controls vehic/e congeslion in lhe porf oreo is minimised. Compospe Shire . A Conservotion Monogemenf Plon be prepored for hisloric The following section provides on indicotive outline of plonning porf precinct buildings to determine oppropriote resforotion controls necessory to implement fhe Moster Plon. The Municipol works on o buildÌng by building bosis. Ihe Conservofion Strolegic Stotement should olso be oltered to include reference Monogement Plon shou/d give considerofion to oppropriote to these proposed controls. f orms of signoge ond where possib/e signs shou/d ref lect photogrophic ond physicol evidence.
. Uniilo Conservotion Monogemenf P/on is prepored oll C4.4.1 Compopse Plonning Scheme opplicolions for deve/opment musl be ossessed by Council's Echuco Heritoge Porl Policy Herifoge Adviser wìfh considerotion given fo existing heritoge sludies ond Burro Chorter principles. This policy is inlended to provide stotutory weight for ihe overoll Moster Plon objectives ond oufcomes reloting to the . Deve/opmenf proposo/s shou/d nof impose upon exisfing porl historic/tourism precincl. lf is intended ihot the relevont significonf view /ines towords ond from the precinct, recommendotions of the Moster Plon will be given thorough including the view towords lhe foresfe d oreo opposife fhe considerotion in determining mojor lond use decisions ond Por-f, ond fhe view line from the lron Bridge ond towords the molters of minor but confributory detoil. Port. . Applicofions forsignoge shou/d be under sfoled ond policy This will opply to the whole of the historic porf oreo demonstrofe fhe signoge procfices of the perìod of (public privote ond lond) on bofh sides of High Sireet between significonce. AII opplicolions forsignoge shou/d be ossessed the two rivers, ond lhe roil corridor to ond including the existing by Council's Heritoge Adviser. roilwoy stotion complex. The extent of the proposed policy ond other controls ore shown in Figure 21. . Deye/opmenf oround Hopwood Gordens shou/d reflect pre- eminenl role of fhe civic spoce, ond respeci lhe iso/ofed The policy objeciives should reflect the Vision ond key sfrotegies nolure of significont buildings obutting this spoce. outlined in the Moster Plon to : . The oesfheflc, hisforic ond environmentolyolues of the . To creote fhe Echuco Port oreo os o nofionolly significont Compospe River ond public lond to ifs wesf be preserved ond /inks between lourism þrecìnct . the Compopse ond Murroy Rivers be encouroged ond enhonced...... To protect the herìtoge chorocter ond integrity of the hìstoric whorf ond aoft environs.
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. Untilo Conservotion Monogernent P/on is prepored oll C4.4.2 Speciol Use Zone - Echuco Heritoge Porl oppl¡cotions for deve/opment musf be ossessed by Counci/'s Herifoge Adviser wifh considerotion g¡ven Io Speciol Use Zones hove been employed in severol historic exisf¡ng heritoge sludies ond Burro Chorter princip/es. precincts in the stote fo ensure lond use does not odversely proposo/s offect the integrily of historicol precincts. lt is considered . Development shou/d not impose upon exisling oppropriote to opply the Speciol Use Zone oround the significont view /ines towords ond from the Port precinct, immediote port/whorf environs (public ond privote lond)ond including the view fowords fhe foresfed oreo opposife fhe the oreo oround Hopwood Gordens. The roilwoy stotion Port, ond the view line from the lron Bridge ond towords complex should olso be designoted os porf of the some Speciol fhe Port. Use Zone. . Applicofions for signoge should be understofed ond demonslrofe fhe signoge procfices of the period of The Wolhollo Speciol Use Zone provides on exomple of on significonce. All opplicotions for signoge shou/d be oppropriote formot. Given the 'working' noture of the port ossessed by Council's Herifoge Adviser. precinct it should bei ensured thot uses such os industry, monufocturing soles, ond boot soles ore discretionory uses, ond . Development oround Hopwood Gordens shou/d reflecf pre-eminent not prohibited. This is preferoble 1o the use controls of the role of the civic spoce, ond respecf fhe exisling Public Pork ond Recreotion Zone which opply 1o the iso/oled noture of significont buildings obutting fhis spoce. whorf. . Ihe oesihefic, historic ond environmenfolvolues of fhe Compospe River ond public lond to ils wesf be preserved Buildings ond works controls of the Speciol Use Zone should ond /inks befween the Compopse ond Murroy Rivers be require o plonning permit for ollworks within the zone ond the encouroged ond enhonced...... submission of detoiled drowings of oll proposols or building odditions, including oll surfoce treotments. Applicolions should be ossessed ogoinst the Conservotion Monogement PIon. prior to the completion of o CMP oppliconts should be encouroged C 5.0 EXISTING ACCESS AND CIRCUTATION to undertoke ouihentic reproduction of pre-existing buildings By Greg Tucker ond Associotes ond works. ond oll opplicotions ore to be ossessed by Council's Heriloge Adviser. C 5.1 Echuco Second Bridge Crossing . The recommendofions of the Mosler Plon for fhe Heritoge present Precinct of Echuco ore implemenfed in o sfrolegic ond At oll vehicles destined to Echuco os well os interstore coordinoted monner by the relevonl municipolcouncils, use the exisiing rood network of Echuco. At present, there ore olher outhorilies ond public ond privote lond holders. no olternotive routes oround Echuco for vehicles frovelling to other destinoiions, wiTh much of the through troffic using roods . Key works outlined in the Mosler Plon be encouroge d ond thot poss through the commerciol ond historic precincts of rne focilitoted by Compospe Shire ond other relevont town. oufhorities. Key works include fhe reconsfrucfìon ond exlension of the hisforic whort, re-esfob/ish ment of fhe VicRoods published on lnformotion Bulletin No. I in August '1999 roilwoy from the roilwoy sfofion to the whotf , ond tiTled "Murroy River Crossing of Echuco/Moomo". The bulletin reslorotion of lhe roilwoy sfofion complex. describes two possible options, nomely Ihe Centrol ond Wesrern . Shorf ond long ferm cor porking ond occess Corridors, to oddress the resTricted copocity of Ihe existing orrongemenfs be under loken in occordonce with the crossing of the Murroy River. Subsequently, o Droft Scoping Mosfer Plon to ensure vehicle congestion in the port oreo Report wos produced by VicRoods doted l5 September 1999, is minimised. which included on odditionol option for the river crossing termed Ìhe Eostern Corridor. The proposed river crossing options . A Conservotion Monogement Plon be prepored for oim fo minimise through troffic in Echuco from possenger cors to historic poi precinct bui/dings to delermine oppropriote B-Double trucks encouroging the commerciolond historic restorotion works on o buìlding by building bosis. Ihe precincfs to become o more pedestrion friendly, lower speed Conservofion Monogement Plon should give environment. considerolion to oppropriote forms of signoge ond where possib/e signs shou/d reflecf photogrophic ond physicol The existing rood bridge over the Murroy River between Echuco evidence. ond Moomo links the Northern Highwoy in Victorio wifh the Cobb Highwoy in NSW. The existing rood bridge is norrow wifh
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one lone in eoch direction ond hos limited copocíty io cofer for The works proposed oim to discouroge through troffic hoving o future growth. The Centrol Corridor river crossing opiion destinotion oiher fhon the commerciol oreo by significontly proposes the re-olignment of this bridge to olign with Sfurt Street downgroding the roods, nomely Hore Streel, Nish Street, in Echuco ond the provision of odditionol lones to oddress the Pokenhom Street ond Anstruther Slreet. The moin roods sucn os future copocity concerns. A previous sfudy prepored by High StreeT. Heygorth Street ond Annesley Sfreet form o Turnbull Fenner Pty Ltd investigoted the use of Sturi Street os o perimeter rood system oround ihe CDB Precinct. river crossing route for trucks. The study wos ossocioied with the Echuco Principol Troffic Routes Progrom of 1997. The perimeter rood system logicolly ond effectively provides occess to the existing commerciol oreos of Hore Street ond The Wesïern Corridor bridge crossing opfion to the norfh west of Pokenhom Street. The insiollotion of directionol signoge (whiIe Echuco proposes would direct troffic owoy from the cenfres of on green signs) oI intersections such os High SfreeT/Dorling Sfreet Moomo ond Echuco by linking the Cobb Highwoy north of provides guidonce for vehicles trovelling within ond possing Moomo with the Murroy Volley Highwoy wesf of Echuco. through Echuco. Community focilities ond services signoge (white on blue) is to be instolled to direct vehicles destined to The Eostern Corridor bridge crossing option would olso redirect lhe CBD Precinct ond will be locoted of interseciions on the troffic owoy from the centre of Echuco ond Moomo. The perimeter roods such os Annesley Street/Pokenhom Street. proposed olignment is locoied lo The eost of boTh townships ond connects the Cobb Highwoy north of Moomo with the The instollotion of zebro type pedestrion crossings, roundobout Murroy Volley Highwoy (Ogilvie Avenue) to the south of Ihe intersection freotments combined with streetscope Echuco township. A bridge crossing over the Murroy River will modificotions ond on oppropriote signoge strotegy will deter be required in this option. through troffic within the CBD Precinct.
It is importont to note thot the Centrol ond Weslern options were derived from o community workshop conducted in C5.3 Pedeslrions November 199ó. The Eostern option wos developed following more recent community consultotion. The Viciorion Member for CBD of Echuco Precíncl Plonning ond Locol Government hos osked for on Environmentol Effects Stotement 1o further exolore oll three To further enhonce lhe sofety of pedestrions within the CBD options to determine the odvontoges ond disodvontoges of the Precinct it is proposed to instollzebro Iype pedeslrion crossings proposed Corridors. The Stote ond Commonweolth ocross oll four legs of ihe roundobout ol the infersections of Governments will consider the outcomes of the study ond Hore Street with Pokenhom Street ond Ansfruther Street. There is public review before o finol decision is mode on the option to o new roundobout proposed for the infersection of Pokenhom be odopted STreet ond Nish Street with zebro type pedestrion crossings on oll four legs. This type of pedestrion crossing is considered A suitoble bridge crossing oplion would ochieve o significont oppropriote within the commerciol precinct only ond supports reduction in through troffic within Echuco ond improve the pedesirion desire lines. A consistent treotment of the copocity ond sofety concerns reloting to the existing bridge roundobouts within this precincl encouroges driver oworeness over the Murroy River ond the existing rood network. The Iiming resulting in lower vehicle speeds ond improved pedestrion of the second bridge crossing is unknown of this stoge olthough sofety. it is recognized os being inlegrol io the success to the Mosterplonning Project ond the objectives of the study wilh Pedestrion movements from the CBD Precinct olong Hore Slreet respect to troffic. to fhe historic Port Precincl will be significont. To enter Ihe Historic Precinct from the CBD Precinct there is one mojor rood C5.2 Troffic Access ond Circulolion crossing thot requires furtherconsiderotion. Heygorth Street currently corries cor ond lruck troffic os it is the only mojor link CBD of Echuco Precincl from Moomo to fhe Murroy Volley Highwoy vio Worren Street lo the west of Echuco. A roundobout of the interseclion of Hore The CBD Precinct hos been reviewed to odequotely coter for oll Street/Heygorth to coter for pedestrions crossing Heygorth vehiculor, pedestrion ond cyclist movements. The objeclives of Street fo occess fhe Hisloric Precinct to the north of Heygorth the review in regord to troffic monogement ore Io improve Sireef is inoppropriote. Heygorfh Street is currenlly used by sofely, occessibilily ond functionolity for oll users wiihin the heovy vehicles ond introducing o zebro type crossing Ireotment orecinct giving priority to pedestrions, similor to those within the CBD Precinct, creotes significont hozords to pedestrions. GTA recommends thot kerb extensions be consfructed of Ihe
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intersection to reduce ihe width of povement to be crossed in pedestrion crossings between Anstruther Street to the north ono Heygorth Street. ond centrol refuge islonds to sioge the Pokenhom Slreet 1o the south results in no nei loss of cor porking pedestrions crossing of lhis intersection. in Hore Street. To compensote for ony minor loss of porking, one hour metered cor porking restrictions will be imposed for the lf there is on existing operotionol problem of this intersection with porking in Hore Street encouroging short term, high turnover respect to vehiculor lroffic movements, o roundobout is on porking. opproprioïe solution. Pedestrions will be required to give woy to vehicles on Heygorth StreeI os zebro iype pedestrion crossings Longer stoy porking is to be provided in Ihe Nish Street ond High ocross ollfour legs is of the roundobout not recommendec Street off-street cor porks. The Nish Street cor pork is to be given The locotion ond noture of troffic of This intersection. A reconfigured to provide circulotion in on eost west direction roundobout of this locoiion is consislent wiTh the exisiing ond hos been designed in occordonce wiih AS2B90.l Off intersection - treotments of High Sfreet/Heygorth Street io the Street Cor Porking. Nish Slreet is to be reinsloïed os two-woy to wesl ond Heygorth Streef/Cobb Highwoy/Annesley Street Io the improve cor pork occess from Anslruther Street ond Pokennom e05r. Street os well os circulotion within Ihe cor pork. The existing kerbside cor porking provided in Nish Sireel between Anstrulher Without o second bridge crossing, Heygorth Street will continue Street ond Pokenhom Street is to be removed ond hos been to be highly uiilised by oll vehicles forming o significont borrier reploced in the modified cor pork loyout. The modificolion to between the commerciol ond historic precincts. the porking loyout improves the yield, provides disobled cor porking spoces ond significonl opportunity for londscoping. Hisloric Porl of Heriloge Precìncl Strong pedestrion links to Hore Street ond Pokenhom Street from the Nish Street cor pork ore provided by informol crossings. The oreos Port odjocent to lhe of Echuco, including the Texiured povement treotmenls of regulor intervols olong Nish Hopwood Gordens, ore fo become more pedestrionised by Street reduce vehicle speeds providing o sofer environment for restricting the circulotion of cor ond bus troffic wiihin the pedeslrions. precinct. Pedestrion ond bicycle pothwoys ore proposed olong Murroy Esplonode, which is to be extended to Rodcliffe Streer. The Nish Street cor pork will operote on o low cost-time pothwoy The continues olongside ihe proposed roil extension to restriction bosis, encouroging longer stoy porking off-street the existing lnformotion Cenire creoting o very sfrong link. This rother thon on sfreet. A smort-pork syslem is lo be odopteo link to the Port oreo is expected to be well utilised by whereby money spent in the commerciol oreo entitles people pedestrions ond cyclists given the esloblishment of odditionol who pork within the Nish Street cor pork to receive o discounted event porking oreos on the eost side of the existing troin line. porking fee.
The construction of o lightweight timber pedestrion bridge The existing long stoy cor pork off High Street between ocross fhe Compospe River on The olignment of Leslie Slreet Pokenhom ond Anstruther Streeis provides opproximotely ì20 connects the proposed overflow cor porking oreo west on the spoces. A new right turn slot from the south into the cor pork is side of the Compospe River with the Port oreo. Pedeslrion proposed in High Street 1o improve occessibility from the south. crossing opportunities olong High Street to occess the Port A pedestrion link to Hore SireeI will be convenient for precinct will be provided by informol pedestrion points, crossing pedestrions ond will therefore encouroge Ihe use of This cor os proposed in the Mounsell design of the Redevelopment of oork. High Streeï. Hìsloric Port of Echuco Precinct C5.4 Cor Porking The existing porking provided omongst Ihe trees to the south of CBD of Echuco Precinct Ihe existing port is proposed Io be groduolly removed ond disploced to the eost of the existing troin line ond to the west of The on-street porking in cor Hore StreeI is to be modified to the Compospe River. ln the interim, it is to be relocoted slighfly provide o tree ovenue linking troders within the CBD Precincr toword the Murroy Esplonode due to the olignment of the with troders in ihe Port Precinct. The resultont re-configured proposed roil exfension. The roilwoy extension to the port porking loyout, which hos been designed in occordonce with provides the opportunily io creote long stoy/event porking 452890.5 - On Streef Cor Porking, occommodotes tree plonting oreos owoy from Ihe CBD ond the Port Precincts whilst every third spoce. The irees will be protected by o round steel mointoining odequote occessibility to the porl vio the steom guord tree ond will be offset 750mm from the entry end of the troin ond horse ond cort shuttle service or oTher historicollv cor porking spoce. The modified cor porking spoces, iree oppropriote meons. plonting ond the instollofion of three mid-block zebro type
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The proposed overflow cor porking oreo 1o ihe west of the Street ond is to be controlled by boom gofes ond oppropriote Compospe River will be linked to the Port vio o proposed Iimber troffic signols. The roil extension continues post lhe lnformotion bridge over the Compospe River of the western end of Leslie Centre, odjocent Ìo Heygorth Street. ond eventuolly diverges Street. Vehiculor occess into ond out of this cor oork for toword the port following the olignment of Murroy Esplonode. vehicles is to be from Worren Street. Further investigotion of o Sub-stotions ore proposed to be locoted of regulor intervols proposed bridge over the Compospe River to feed the olong its length including one odjocent to Ihe proposed TAFE proposed cor porking oreo from the south ond eost of Heygorth sife, lnformolion Centre, Civic Centre ond the oort. Slreet is required ond seems o vioble option to further reduce the omount of vehiculor troffic within the Port PrecincI. The roilwoy will provide o shuttle service to the port from the proposed event cor porking io be locoted on the eost side of The High Street cross section, os proposed in the Mounsell the roilwoy line ond outside of the CBD ond Pori Precincts. This design, is to hove 45o cor porking on both sides within the will reduce froffic within these precincts ond is considered Historic Port of Echuco precinct. This porking will service the convenient in terms of occess to the Port. The proposed roilwoy existing ond proposed business within the vicinity. The study olignment incorporotes o pedestrion ond bicycle promenode supports fhe Mounsell proposolto incorporote informol olong side the line for those visitors wishing to wolk from the pedestrion crossings olong High Sfreet, by creoting openings porking oreos. within the centrol medion ond kerbside encouroging crossing of High Street in the sofest designoted oreos. C5.7 Signoge C5.5 Bus Circulolion ond Porking A directionol, tourist ond services ond communily focilities The monogement of buses within the Port Precinct ond in signoge strotegy for the Port ond CBD Precincts is to be porficulor in the existing grovel oreo to the north of the port is of implemented 1o guide motorists visiting ond possing through criticol importonce. Possenger set-down ond pick-up ond the Echuco. lt is recommended thot signs be instolled to guide generoloccess required by 14.5m long cooches, disobled buses troffic olong desired routes in occordonce with the study ond o school bus ossocioted with the operofion of o neorby objecfives. The signoge sirotegy is to include the instollotion of school mokes this oreo extremely busy. To best monoge the bus tourisl ond services signs (white on brown) for tourist ottroctions operotions it is recommended Ihot o timeloble be implemented ond community focilities signs (white on blue) for lhe to reduce Ihe number of buses within the generol porl oreo ot commerciol oreos, cor porks ond so on to encouroge desiroble ony one time. lt is olso recommended thot possenger set troffic potterns ond the use of suitoble routes. down/pick up zones ore creoted odjocent to the Port in the oforementioned grovel oreo ond octuol bus porking for longer lntersection ond odvonce directionolsignoge (white on green) thon l0 minutes is prohibited. Buses willthen be required to loy- in occordonce with the SRNS lmplementolion Guidelines is to be up in oppropriote oreos oulside of the Port ond CBD Precincts. provided. VicRoods hove prepored guidelines ond ore in Ihe Loy-up opportunity for buses is to be explored in consultotion process of implementing the requiremenls of the guidelines with the ooerotors. throughout Victorio. The signoge ossocioted with SRNS is funded by VicRoods ond it is onticipoted thot the rood network It is recommended thot the circuit of the existing horse ond cort within ond oround Echuco will be upgroded with directionot shuttle service oround the Port ond CBD Precincts be reviewed. rood signoge under this scheme of some stoge in the future. The proposed extension of the roil ond Murroy Esplonode ond The intersection ond direclionol signoge strotegy for Echuco the estoblishment of pedestrion ond bicycle pothwoys should be undertoken in conjunction with the Shire of olongside the proposed roilextension provides on opportunity Compospe To meet with lhe objectives of this study, thot is to to review the existing circuit to coter for the chonge in the locote these signs of inlersections to ensure the use of the potTerns of the vehiculor ond pedestrion troffic. The existing perimeter rood sysiem described in Section 4.2.3 of ihis report. operotion of the horse ond cort shuttle service olong High Sireet ond within lhe oreo odjocent to the port where significont bus C5.8 Recommendolions visitotion occurs is not desiroble. . Note ihot the second bridge crossing is on importont longer C5.6 Proposed Roil Exlension Ierm oim of fhis mosterplonning exercise with the most oppropriole corridor fo be determined by The Sfote ond It is proposed to extend the roilwoy from the existing stotion Commonweolth Governments following the completion of locotion eost of lhe CBD Precinct to the Port PrecincT. The fhe EES/EIS study ond the public review; olignmenf of the roilwoy posses through the exisiing roundobout ot the intersection of Cobb Highwoy/Heygorth STreeI/Annesley
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. lnsioll troffic monogement works within Ihe CBD Precincr . the conservoTion of existing contr¡butory fobric. such os roundobouts, zebro type crossings, kerb extensions, . the interpretotion of the history of the ploce. texTured povemenfs ond o signoge slrotegy io reduce through troffic ond improve its omenity, sofely ond . limiled odoptotion to occommodote chonging functionolity; requirements. ln so doing, Burro Chorter conservotion principles should be opplied to help ossess the volue of 'Pedestrionise' . the CBD ond Port Precincts ond encourooe proposols for works ond lond use within the precinct. linkoges between The two precincts; . building ond lond uses which ossist in the interpretotion of . Alter porking restriciions ond loyouts in the CBD Precinct to octiviiies thoi imporTed significonce to the port precinct provide short-term porking on-street ond longer-term porking should be encouroged. off-street; . o Conservotion Monogemenl Plon should be prepored for . Alter the supply porking of in the Port Precinct to more long the Port Precinct buildings ond sites defining iIs period of porking term owoy from The Port wilh reinsfotemenl of the significonce ond setting down the works on o ploce by ploce public, leisure ond iourism spoce; bosis thoi should be undertoken if its culturol volues ore to be . Modify bus routes ond operotions within the CBD ond Porr conserved ond interpreted. Precincts to olign with the olher study recommendotions; ¡ ñew works should be ossessed in terms of their impocts on the views of fhe Port Precinct obtoined from slrotegic view poinTs such os the lron Bridge ond the New South Woles river . Extend the ïourist roilwoy from the CBD Precinct to the port bonk. post the lnformotion Centre to encouroge its use noting thot the roilwoy line will link to those new sotellite porking stotions; . An orol hisiory project designed to record fhe memories of Echuco's older ciiizens who still hove firsT hond memories of Develop . o signoge strotegy to support ihe Mosierplon the lost doys of the whorf os o functionol port should be objectives in terms of tourism ond community focilities thor undertoken os o motter of urgency. Topics to be explored considers function, heritoge ond omeniiy. would include the woy in which buildings ond siles were used, who owned ond ron them, whot they were like ond how fhey were built, inside ond outsioe. C ó.0 HERITAGE . signoge wilhin fhe Port Precinct should be understoted. By Andrew Word Architecturol Historion New signs should demonsfrote signoge proctices during the period of significonce of the ploce ond where possible toke C 6.1 Porl Precinct their cue from phologrophic ond physicol evidence.
The Port Precinct is culiurolly importont for its copociÍy fo . A ploce should be eormorked for the whorf mosler's house demonstrote the tronsshipment octivities ossocioted with the in lhe event of iI being returned to the Port precinct. river whorves during the nineteenth century ond subsequenfly. The Esplonode gove occess to the whorves ond roilwoy looding C6.2 The Whorf plolform ond wos used by Teoms ond wogons ond more recently for the delivery of logs to the Evons' Brothers' mill. The Stotemeni of Significonce for ihe Roilwoy Whorves contoined in the Echuco Whorf ond Aquotìc Reserve The buildings on the west side included the Coloniol Conservofion Monogement Plon l99B forms the bosis of the Government's cusToms office,Ihe whorf moster's house ono conservotion sfrotegy for ihis Areo. offices ond stores, including o bonded store. run by the freight forwording componies troding on the river. There were hotels, Recomrnendolions including lhe surviving Bridge, the Slor, the SIeom Pocket ono Allworks, especiolly those in lhe wet dock oreo, should be generol stores including o ship chondler's. The Murroy hotel occomponied by on impocl stotement deloiling The effects of included on occommodotion wing of the reor used for mony Ihe work on contributory fobric ond recording the condition of yeors os o brolhel. the fobric prior to intervention.
Recommendofions ln developing o policy for the public enjoyment of the whorf, The culturol volues of the ploce should be conserved ond considerotion should be given to fhe woy in which it wos used in enhonced by the following meons: the post ond especiolly hoving regord for the occess limitotions
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imposed by the Roilwoys Deportment on occount of the C6.4 High Street movemenf of troins ond securily of goods being tronsshipped. High Street is culturolly importont os the moin thoroughfore The river views obïoinoble from the whorf in oll directions bur fhrough the eorliesl commerciol centre lhot orose olongside the especiolly ocross the river ond upstreom to the lron bridge whorf ond river crossings ond olso os on especiolly brood should be conserved ond oll building works ond octivities roodwoy celebroted by centrol plontoïions with treed ovenues delrociing from their culturol volues ovoided. ond public monuments in the populor City Beoutiful mode of the turn of ihe centurv. Có.3 Hopwood Gordens Recommendolíons The Hopwood Gordens ore culturolly significonl os o civic spoce These ospects of its heritoge should be conserved by octions overlooked by the eorliest public buildings of the City, including: demonstroiing fhe first phose in the developmeni of the Ecnuco town centre ond coinciding with the sirotegic dominonce of . fhe public funding of posted verondoh reconstruction the Whorf ond Hopwood's crossing. They recoll the stotus of bosed upon fhe onolysis of ovoiloble physicolond Henry Hopwood of the time of the Government Survey ond documentory evidence. together with the public buildings ond river crossing constitute on involuoble resource for the inTerpretotion of the eorly hisiory . the reinstotement of the treed ovenues. of Echuco. . the control of obove verondoh level signoge to give visuol prominence to contributory historic focodes. Recommendolions The development of the Gordens, whilst hoving regord to the documentory ond physicol evidence of . the conservotion of originol shop fronts ond other shop fronts the post, should occommodote their pre-eminent role os o civic thot demonstrole growth ond chonge up to the Posl-Wor spoce giving visuol prominence to the Bridge hotel, the police oeriod. stotion ond court house os well os the river bonk environmenr. . the recovery of significonce of key buildings such os the The presence of the hisioric romp down to Hopwood's crossing former town holl, - by reconstrucling the removed street should be conserved ond o slrotegy prepcred for the lomps, drinking fountoin ond picket fence ond by the enhoncement of the molure river red gums on the eost side of reinslotement of o scheme of decorotion ihot most closely the Gordens. opproximotes ils originol oppeoronce, fhe Echuco Coffee Poloce, - by depointing ond reconstruction of the removeo presence The of the Boer Wor memoriol on the Worren Street two sforeyed verondoh, ond the Permewon Wright building, - oxis until the Post-Wor period should be ocknowledged ond by reconstructing the removed two sforeyed verondoh. interpreted in proposols for the development of the Gordens.
The simplificotion of lroffic control signs ond devices in the Generolly, ihe volue of the essentiolly mid-Victorion chorocrer of the urbon londscope vicinity of the Gordens should be encouroged in response To should be ocknowledged , beoring in pre-dotes their importonce os the City's most boldly conceived ond mind thot it the orchitecturol excesses of the lote principol civic spoce. Victorion Boom period most commonly seen in Vicforio's inlono centres. The civic chorocter of the buildings focing the Gordens should be recognized in plonning decisions which should respecl the c6.5 The Compospe River isoloted noture of eoch building, except lhe shops, Iheir The exposure to public view ond their unencumbered skylines. Compospe River is o volued noturol resource importing chorocfer to the City in the following respecis:
. the moture red gums thot line iTs bonks ore visible from High Street olong the cross streets ond import o sense of timelessness to this historic City. . the configurotion of the twin river courses of Ihe Murroy ond Compospe Rivers hos imposed o unique discipline on the form of the City which hos been forced to expond to ihe south ond south-eosI.
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. fhe scole ond form of The Compospe River cuïfing is very by their oesthetic volues which set them oport from their different to thot of the brooder Murroy River ond iherefore lesser neighbours. odds onother dimension to the City. . there hove olwoys been norrow lones linking the Compospe Recommendolions ond Murroy River bonks in oddition to Leslie, Worren ono Rodcliffe Streets. The key historic buildings within the Commerciol PrecincT should be corefully monoged so os to conserve ond enhonce their Recommendofions positions of dominonce w¡thin the urbon londscope. Exomple ocïions for individuol buildings The oesthetic ond historic volues of the Compospe River should ore scheduled below: be exploifed in ïhe centrol oreo of the Ciiy by the further development of the Compospe River wolk. The use of the predominonfly pedestrion linkoges between the Compospe Annesley Sfreef: ond Murroy Rivers should be encouroged with o view to 93-109 (former corn store) strengthening the presence of the rivers os elemenls in the 173 (former worehouse/ . conserye visible urbon londscope of the old town centre. elements of originol building ond re-expose conceoled sections including reor blind orches to Có.ó Commerciol Precinct ond Civic sub-precincl vtew. (former Wesleyon The Commerc¡ol precinct demonstrotes the growth ond 197 . strenglhen visuol prominence especiolly church) os seen from lhe lron chonge sustoined by the Ciiy since the greot doys of Ihe whorf bridoe. by ifs extension ond consolidotion to the south ond south-eosi Ho¡e Sfreef: generolly between the port old oreo ond the roilwoy stotion. lts 103-109 (former Echuco Slofe . reconstruct originol pickel fence ond historic chorocter is reodily inierpreted by the prominent eorly Schoo/ no.208) gotes. hotels, churches, shops, porks ond industriol buildings ond by . reconslrucf subsequent overloys of less importont but nevertheless originol sfreef lornp tn front contributory buildings ond ploces. of schoo/ seen in eorly views. Allon Reserve o pfepore o Conservotion Monogement The street block bounded by Hore, Anstruiher. Annesley ond Plon for this pork ond consider Percy Street is importont os the only such ploce within the urbon reconstruction of removed elements including Federcl centre of the City devoted exclusively to public buildings. lt the bondslond, lomps ond pothwoys. demonslrotes o post woy of life ond o vonished opprooch lo urbon plonning wherein the stotus of o communily's public I l0 (Coledonion hotel) institutions given wos discrete expression within the brooder l5-l17 (former St. Andrews . reconstruct originol picket fence ond fobric of the City. Here. the PosI Office ond St. Mory's Cotholic Presbyterion now Uniling gotes. Church ore Ihe dominoni elements ond Ihey ore supporled by Churchl other buildings in ïhe St. Mory's School ond by the former Wesley Church. Post Office o reconstruct norlh wing woll to occord wilh photogrophic evidence. lmportont ospects of the Precinct thot require conservotion . reinstote loggio ond blueslone focings include: to foçode. . depoint stuccoed surfoces or repoinl . the obsence of overt signoge. neutrol grey. . the tronsition between the buildings which exist essentiolly in . reconstrucl originol picket fence io isolotion. quorters. . the smoll plozo formed by the setbock of the Post Office . reinstote cost iron bollcrds seen in eorly ond its wing wolls. views using lhe surviving exomple ol Ihe Echuco Hisioricol Society museum os o . the visuol dominonce of the key buildings. poï1ern.
. the confrost in streetscopes between the buildings of this . reinsfote originol street lomp seen in Precincl ond the other street frontoges of the present eorly views. commerciol cenTre of the City. This controst is ochieved not 258 fst. Mory's Cotholic . reconstrucl removed iwo storeved only by the disposiiion of the buildings on fhe ground but olso
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Church) Sufions' buildrngs - verondoh. . Signoge on public buildings should use forms ond locotions Heygorth Slree| troditionolly ossocioted with such buildings so os noT to compromise iheir orchifeclurol integrity. 37-45 (Poloce hofel . depoint (do nof sondblost). . Commerciolsigns ore not oppropriote in the Civic sub- o feffìove recent signoge. precinct. . reconstrucT lwo storeyed verondoh . Signs ore not required to demonstrote Irodiiionolsignoge High Sfreef oroctices.
524-528 (former town holl ond . depoint lo esioblish exteni of slurry finish . lnternolly illuminoted signs on significoni buildings should be courf house) to elevolions ond consider oplions for locoTed beneoih verondoh level. removol ond/or opplicotion of red ochre . Free stonding pole signs finish os oppropriote to recover former ore discouroged ond should neither oppeoronce of building. dominole streetscopes nor obscure significont buildings from vtew. . obloin technicol repori with o view to slobilising structurol movemeni. . Sky signs ore discouroged. . remove exisling shrubs obscuring foçode from view. An ossessment of historic slreef frees within ihe commerciol . reconslruct drinking fountoin, street Precinct should be undertoken with o view To strengthening ond lomps ond picket fences seen in eorly extending existing ovenue remnonts os oppropriote. vtews. port precincr . reinsiole ornomentol gordens The herifoge troîlnow implemented within the wiTh should be exlended picket fence ond fountoin of reor of fo memoriolize removed buildings of building in Heygorth Slreei. culturolsignificonce ond other buildings ond ploces os oppropriote. Former commerciol ond . Reinstole stuccoed surfoces io focode. Fomily hotel C6.7 The Roilwoy Slotion Woter Tower . the high level of integriiy of ihis siructure should be conserved by ovoiding the The Echuco Roilwoy Stofion complex is culturolly volued os one provision of odvertising or other signoge. of Victorio's eorliest intoct complexes of iÌs type, demonstroting the strotegic importonce of the Murroy River roilwoy to the Pokenhorn Slreef economic prosperity of the Colony during the mid Victorion period. lt gives expression to the role of Governmenl of the iime, lformer brick slore) . Depoint (do not sondblosl) ond remove io the port ployed by the Roilwoys recenl unsympothefic signoge. Deportment in its growth ono to Ihe ospirotions of the people of Echuco. lmportonfly, ihe roilwoy stotion underscores the pivotol eorly role of eorly Echuco os the principol tronsport centre for the region ond which The ospects thot give distinction to fhe civic sub-Þrecinci should goined pre-eminence not only by virtue of its position on fhe be conserved. river system buf olso for its copocity to iop the resources of northern Victorio. The following considerotions should influence Council's odvertising signoge policy in the Commerciol precinct: Recornmendofions The complex is included on the Victorion Heritoge Register ond . Signoge should not obscure lhe focodes of culturolly it is oppropriote for ony decisions thot concern its future significonf buildings unless This signoge occupies spoce monogement to be guided by o Conservotion Monogement infended for the purpose. Plon. Such o document should hove regord for the following motters: . Where significont buildings hove verondohs, signoge should not project obove verondoh roof level unless ii con be . the conTinuotion of the ploce os on operoting shown fhoT it will not poriiolly or wholly obscure the upper roilwoy levelfoçode. -ênlra . fhe conservotion of contribuTory structures including the Stofhert ond Pitt crone, northern woter tower ond sidinos.
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lhe development of on opprooch to street ond ploiform furniture thot tokes into occounl stondord Deportmentol TouRtsM proctices of the post. c7.0 the stobilisofion of the former locomotive shed ond the C7.1 NotionolContext prospect of its re-connection wilh the roilwoy system. Austrolio is increosingly recognised os o distinctive, diverse The better use of the underused secfions of the comolex ono sophisticoted visitor destinotion. ln 1998, Austrolio ottrocted 4.l which include the firsi floor level of the moin stotion buildinq million visitors orrivols ond this is expected ond the locomolive shed. lo increose oI l% po over f he next l0 yeors (Tourism Forecost Council Ociober jggg). Ihe subordinotion of unsympothefic but necessory new Austrolio's key inbound morkets ore Jopon, North Americo, octivities to the significont industriol chorocier of the oloce. United Kingdom ond Singopore. Growth hos olso been This would include fhe regulolion of signoge to prevent identified in the domestic trovel morkei with Austrolions foking unsympothetic visuol chonge. /3.8 million overnight trips in Austrolio during 1998. The Deportmenl of lndustry, Science ond Tourism (DIST) hos recenfly developed o noiionolstrotegy oimed of encouroging AusTrolions to holidoy in Austrolio wifh o focus on building rurol ond regionol economies.
Product development ond infrostructure initiotives hove been identified os key components in regionol tourism growth (DIST 1999). Mony regionol oreos ore rich in culturol ond heritoge ossets, ond domestic ond internotionol visitors ore increosingry looking for culturol ond herifoge experiences. Development of product to meet the needs of torget morkets requires considerolion of lhe locol impocls. culturol ond heriioge ossets often hove locol significonce. Authentic presentoiion. conservotion, educotion ond occess ore viewed os imoortonr objeclives in meeling the needs of visitor morkets ond voluing locol significonce.
C7.2 Domeslic Tourism in Victorio
ln 1997 Victorio ottrocted 993,431internoiionol visitors. Jopon, USA ond UK/lrelond ore key source morkets. Victorio olso
otlrocted ó3 million domestic trips in 1997, growing ot 1 2%po since 1992.
lnterstote Trips To Victorio occounied for 3 million visits in l99z wifh New South Woles, SouTh Ausfrolio ond eueenslond key sources of domeslic Trovel Io Victorio. The Stote oitrocts o high proportion of the short breok morket with the overoge length of stoy 3.3 nights. Encouroging interstoie trovelers to stoy longer ond tour regionol victorio is o key objective for Tourism viclorio. Primory morket segments torgeted for longer holidoys os well os short breoks ore the Sociolly Awore, Visible Achievement, young Optimism ond Troditionol Fomily Life. These segments differ in income levels. frovel motivotions ond holidoy preferences. Appendix One highlights the holidoy needs of Tourism Victorio's torget segmenfs.
The introsfole trovel morkei hos olso been identified os imporfont for regionol viciorio. victorions troveling in ihe Stote occounted for I I .B million visifor lrips in ì9gz representing Bo% or oll domestic irips. lnterstote visilors occounted for only j4% ot REPORT PART C - BACKGROUND ANALYSIS Shr're of Compospe Morch 2000 69 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner Consulling Group
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regionol visifs in 1992 (Tourism Victorio profile of Victorio's Domesiic Morkef 1997). Melbourne is the lorgest source of C7.4 Echuco's Tourism Assets visitors generoting 59% of oll overnight visils lo Viciorio's regions. The morket segments Sociolly Awore, Visible Achievemenr. Echuco's heritoge prec¡nct offers o ronge of tourism products Young Opiimism ond Trodifionol Fomily Life occounled for 55% focusing on Ihe historic use of the port. Woollronsportotion, of inTrostole trovel ond 64% of introsiote expenditure in 19g7. sïeom power ond fhe lifestyle of the eorly setflers ore key themes in the prec¡nct. The 'Murroy River' ond whorf frontoge ore key ossets in the continuing C7.3 Echuco's Morkel Position development of Echuco's heritoge precinci. lndigenous culture, speciol events ond festivols, roilwoys ond ihe emerging wine industry Echuco is idenTified os key osset in the on-going developmeni olso odd to the ottroctiveness of Echuco os tourist deslinotion. of the Goulburn Murroy woters region os o tourism destinotion. ln 1995, the region ottrocted I .3 million overnight visitors with o A key issue for Echuco is extending the length of visitor totol spend of $1.4 million. fn line with Stote trends, the mojority stoys. New product such os the 'Sound ond Light port of visilors to the region were from Victorio (86%). lntersiote Show' of the of Echuco will volue-odd to the visiior experience visitors occounied 1'or 13% of oll visits in I995 whilst internotionor but moy not encouroge visíiors to stoy longer. ln meeting the holidoy visitotion wos low occounting for l% of totol visitor irips. needs of the primory segments torgeted by Tourism Victorio's domestic sirotegy ond encouroging visitors to sToy longer, Echuco is recognised os o 'must see' ottroction Echuco wilh high requires occommodotion oworeness levels in the Victorion thot reflects its culturol heritoge ond introstote trovel morket products thot provide (Goulburn Murroy Woters Regionol plon incentive To explore the ottroctions of the Tourism Development oreo. l99B). ln 1997, Echuco ottrocted on estimoÌed I .ó million visitors (RMIT Echuco-Moomo Visitor Surveyl 992). The existing occommodotion stock in Echuco includes budget style motels, two bockpocker hostels, o number of corovon ln line with regionol trends, Echuco ottrocts o high level of porks ond o smoll number of boutique style bed domestic trips with introstote trovel occounting for on estimoted ond breokfosfs. Few of ihe existing occommodoiion operotions reflect 70% ol oll trips. In o recent survey of visitors io The areo,26.3% of or re- creote the culturol-heritoge of the precincl. whilst o number of visitors to the Echuco-Moomo oreo were from Melbourne IRMIT 'bed ond breokfosts' locoted in the iop-end of High Slreet offer Echuco-Moomo Visitor Survey iggg). New South Woles is o rey quolity product copocily is restricted 1o 4 to 5 rooms. source for interstote trips lo Echuco. Visiting historic sites, the poddlesteomers, ond sightseeing hove been identified os considerotion in siting for o new occommodotion develooment importont visitor ocfivities in fhe Echuco-Moomo oreo IRMIT ñrã' 1e99).
. wofer frontoge providing o river visto. Hotel, motel ond guest house occuponcies in the Echuco - . proximity fo the Murroy Esplonode point of difference stotislicol oreo for 1997 ronged from 6i.6% in the Morch ouorter - from existing occommodotion stock. to 45.3% in the september quorter (AusTrolion Bureou of stotistics . reconstructs the culfure-heritoge of the precinct - Survey of Tourist Accommodotion). Anecdotol ínformotion complemenfs the growth in quolity tourism products suggests thot occuponcy in the oreo is os high os 72%. Visitor ' including food ond wine. surveys conducted over o number of speciol events in Echuco/Moomo oreo suggest Ihot shortoge of beds is Extending visitor stoys in Echuco requires tourism product porticulorly evident during fhese periods. Corovon pork ono thot encouroges visitors to explore ond discover motel occommodotion reporled the highest occuponcies the linkoges between the Port of Echuco ond the town's historic osseTs. The during the survey periods (RMIT I 991). Ihe esfimoted overoge developmenl of o wolking iroil offers opportunity fo open up the length of stoy in Echuco is 2 nights. Short breok (3 doys or less) River to pedestrion troffic, ollowing visiTors visitors tend to stoy in motel/hotels or to move freely ono bed ond breokfosts f RMIT experience 19991. fhe rich heritoge of the oreo on foot. lnlerpretotion through guided tours or signoge would ossist in educoting visitors on the culturol history of the port ond surrounding Echuco offrocts o lorge shore of the fomily morket, with moy oreos. Such development is in line with the holidoy needs of Tourism visitors trovelling to holidoy with fomily or friends living in lhe Victorio's torgel segmenfs with Sociolly Awore ond Visible oreo. The wedding ond conference morkel is expected to Achievers seeking both quolity boutique occommodoiion increose with purpose-built focilities in The oreo oftrocting ond the educotive trovel experiences. 'spin-off' from Melbourne. Growth is olso predicTed in the senior trovel morket (ó5+). REPORT PART C BACKGROUND ANALYSIS Shi're of Compospe Morch 2000 70 Cox Sonderson Ness & KLM Gerner Consulling Group
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Appendix One: Torget Segments ond their Holidoy Needs
Segmenf Sociolly Awore Visible Achievement Troditionol Fomily Life Young Optimism shore) (11%) lPopulotion (16%l tlsq^l (7%l Chorocteristics Sociol issues orientoted Success ond coreer driven Retired middle Ausfrolio Young & progressive Politicolly/communiiy octive Recognition ond stotus Fomily focused lives 1B-24 yeors 35-49 yeors seeKers Coutious of new fhings Experientiol lifestyle Up morket professionols yeors 35-49 Possive income eorners Seek new & difference things Weolth monogers Good fomily living Trend setiers Weolth creoTors Holidoy Essentiols Flexibility Quolity ond volue for Budgeted holidoy Fixed budget money Security, sofety ond reliobility Money to enjoy themselves ot destinotion Holidoy Plonning Enjoy plonning process Consistency Advonced plonning Plon the bosics Use informotion & plonning No surprises Require detoiled informotion on routes ond Need to know bosic costs guides occommodofion Holidoy Experiences Fly-drive / touring breok Spend iime together lncreose knowledge New experiences Explore ond experience Fomily holidoy Doing things hoven't hod o chonce to do so for Adventure New ond different lndulgent/boutique Relive the post Action lnterpretive Weekend getowoys lnteroretive Fun lndulgent/boutique One or fwo destinotion Touring Holidoy - self drive or cooch Excitement breok Melbourne plus Boys & Peninsulos Short Breok (l-3 Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne nighfs) . events . eVenIS . evenls . shopp¡ng . shopping . shopping . resfouronfs . restouronfs . reslouronfs . theotre o theofre . o theotre ort/culture . ort/culture . ort/culture ond/or ond/or ondlor Regionol lndulgent refreots Regionol lndulgent c retreots Regionol lndulgent retrects þmañtic B&Bs . romonlic B&Bs . bollooning . heolth & beouty . heolth & beouty ¡ conoeingl roffing . food/wine refreofs . food/wine refreols . surftng . new oge refreofs
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C8.O REFERENCES
C8.I ACKNOWIEDGEMENTS The consultont teom ocknowledges the contribution of the following commissioning bodies ond stokeholders:
Port of Echuco Authority Shire of Compospe Deportment of lnfrosTructure Tourism Victorio Deportment of Noturol Resources ond Environment
Shire of Murroy Notionol Trust Austrolio Echuco Moomo District Tourism Associotion Moomo ond District Atfroctions Associotion Moomo WoterSports Club LId. High Street Troders Heritoge Precinct Troders Echuco Cîtizens Advisory Group Shire of Compospe Heritoge Committee Echuco Hisioricol Sociefy lnc. Echuco Moomq Houseboot Associotion Echuco Moomo Commerciol Boots Associotion Murroy Poddlesteomers PTy. Ltd.
C8.2 STUDY TEAM
Cox Sonderson Ness John Sonderson - Architeci Fred Choney - Architect Simon Dick - Archileci
KIM Gerner Consulling Group Lourence Blyton - Londscope Architecr Michoel Gerner - Town Plonner Louise Lowe - Town Plonner Somontho Porsons - Londscope Architect
Greg Ïucker ond Associotes Croig Gist - Troffic Engineer
Essentiol Economics Tim NotT Cormel Goulding
Andrew Word Architecturol Hislorion Andrew Word
Wilde ond Woollord Gory Crutchley Andrew Poferson
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