Page 1 of 157 DOCKLANDS COORDINATION COMMITTEE Agenda Item 5.4 REPORT DOCKLANDS WATERWAYS VESSEL TRAFFIC STUDY AND 24 March 2011 RELATED STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS Report from: City of Melbourne and VicUrban Presenter: Francis Khoo, Manager Parks Services Purpose and background 1. The purpose of this report is to seek endorsement of the recommendations outlined in the following three reports: 1.1. Docklands Vessel Traffic Study and Traffic Management Plan (Attachment 3, 4, 5 and 6); 1.2. Docklands Waterways Infrastructure and Facilities Guidelines (Attachment 7); and 1.3. Design Guidelines for Docklands Floating Assets (Attachment 8). 2. A summary of the contents of the three reports is listed in Attachment 2. 3. In 2008-09 the Docklands Waterways Strategic Plan was adopted by the City of Melbourne, VicUrban and Parks Victoria. The plan sets out the vision and objectives for the Docklands Waterways and is the master plan for waterways and waterfront in Docklands. In line with the Strategic Plan, the Waterways Working Group (consisting of representatives from VicUrban, City of Melbourne and Parks Victoria) developed the above documents. 4. Aside from the three agencies, Lend Lease Development, Mirvac and Port of Melbourne Corporation also made financial contributions to the development of the River Traffic Study and Traffic Management Plan. Key issues 5. The scope of the reports covers Victoria Harbour and the Yarra River between Charles Grimes Bridge and Bolte Bridge. Significant developments have already been completed in these waters and other development proposals are at advanced stages of planning. It is therefore timely that relevant strategic documents are adopted by the City of Melbourne and VicUrban to guide future developments. 6. If adopted, the three documents will be used by the City of Melbourne, VicUrban and Parks Victoria to guide future decisions on planning proposals related to the Docklands waterways. 7. There are a few recommendations contained in the Vessel Traffic Management Plan that may cause some concerns to the relevant developers as follows: 7.1. An optimal clear width of 90 metres should be maintained for the entrance to Victoria Harbour for boating safety and water quality. In addition, the maximum extent of marina construction of MAB’s New Quay West marina should be limited to 60 metres from the northern shoreline of Victoria Harbour. This would impact on some berths that MAB has planned for New Quay West and discussions are underway which may resolve most of these issues. 7.2. The recommended minimum fairway width is 70 metres and marinas should be designed to minimise interference with vessel traffic and events in Victoria Harbour and berths that face into traffic should be avoided. This may impact on the layout options for Lend Lease’s marinas. Page 2 of 157 Recommendation from management 8. Management recommends that the Docklands Coordination Committee recommend that Council accept the following three reports for use in facilitating the future development of Docklands: 8.1. Docklands Vessel Traffic Study and Traffic Management Plan (Attachment 3, 4, 5 and 6) 8.2. Docklands Waterways Infrastructure and Facilities Guidelines (Attachment 7); and 8.3. Design Guidelines for Docklands floating assets (Attachment 8). Attachments: 1. Supporting Attachment 2. Summary of contents of Docklands Vessel Traffic Study, Infrastructure and Facilities Recommendations and Design Guidelines for floating assets 3. Docklands Vessel Traffic Study Executive Summary 4. Docklands Vessel Traffic Management Plan 5. Docklands Vessel Traffic Management Plan, A4 6. Docklands Vessel Traffic Management Plan Appendix 6, Stakeholder Interviews 7. Design Guidelines for floating assets including marinas and walkways 8. Docklands Waterways Marine Infrastructure and Facilities Recommendations 2 Attachment 1 Page 3 of 157 Agenda Item 5.4 Docklands Coordination Committee SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT 24 March 2011 Legal 1. There are no legal implications arising directly from the recommendation of this report. Legal advice and assistance will be provided when and as required in relation to specific issues arising from these strategic documents. Finance 2. The Design for Docklands Floating Assets contains recommendations regarding the standards applicable to marine floating assets. This has implications for existing assets that are managed by the City of Melbourne which will require some upgrades. These works proposals will be put forward as part of the Council’s budget process. Conflict of interest 3. No member of Council staff, or other person engaged under a contract, involved in advising on or preparing this report has declared a direct or indirect interest in relation to the matter of the report. Stakeholder consultation 4. The Docklands Vessel Traffic Study, Docklands Waterways Infrastructure and Facilities Guidelines and Design Guidelines for Docklands floating assets were presented to key external and internal agency stakeholders. Stakeholders were encouraged to provide feedback and overall, they noted that the information and recommendations were useful and relevant to Docklands Waterways as a developing precinct. Some stakeholders expressed concerns and these are summarised in the report. Relation to Council policy 5. The recommendations contained in the documents are in line with the Docklands Waterways Strategic Plan 2009-2018. 1 Page 4 of 157 Attachment 2 Agenda Item 5.4 Future Melbourne Committee 24 March 2011 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF DOCKLANDS VESSEL TRAFFIC STUDY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES GUIDELINES AND DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR FLOATING ASSETS 1. The Docklands Vessel Traffic Study and Traffic Management Plan: 1.1 Identifies current, approved and projected river traffic volumes that are likely to be active within Docklands; 1.2 Characterises planned developments for Victoria Harbour and the north and south banks of the Yarra River; 1.3 Determines the likely pattern of use from key water-based users in Docklands; 1.4 Estimates likely traffic volumes in the Docklands area over a 5 and 10 year horizon; 1.5 Identifies potential bottlenecks, vessel traffic congestion, conflicts between users and safety hazards; and 1.6 Provides management recommendations for: 1.6.1 Traffic Safety 1.6.2 Event Management 1.6.3 Traffic flows and volumes 1.6.4 Marina design 1.6.5 Central Pier navigation issues 1.6.6 Proposed Community Boating Hub 1.6.7 Rowing in Docklands 1.6.8 Public berths 1.6.9 Proposed Marine Precinct 1.6.10 Commercial Berthing planned for North Bank of the Yarra; and 1.6.11 A Fairway Plan for Victoria Harbour 2. The “Docklands Waterways Infrastructure and Facilities Guidelines” provide recommendations and development considerations for the type of infrastructure that would be required at berth and onshore across the six major categories outlined in the Docklands Waterways Strategic Plan: 2.1 Private, public and super yacht berthing 2.2 Onshore Commercial and Transport activities 1 Page 5 of 157 2.3 Community Boating Hub 2.4 Regulatory and Emergency operations 2.5 Marine precinct 2.6 Recreation and Tourism 3. The Guidelines also provide an audit of existing infrastructure, a high level cost plan and recommendations for upgrading items that do not meet best practice standards. 4. “Design Guidelines for Docklands Floating Assets including marinas and walkways” encourage developers to use established proven practices and cohesive design features. The Design Guidelines provide clarification around water related standards and apply to marine floating walkways and pontoons that will eventually become the assets of, or be vested in, the City of Melbourne within the Docklands Area. 5. 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