5. ReconfIgure alexandra avenue as a boulevard Alexandra Avenue between St Kilda A longer term opportunity exists to Trade-off s include the loss of some Road and Linlithgow Avenue presents introduce a central tree-lined median parkland to allow space for the median opportunities to improve the connection into this section of Alexandra Avenue in order to maintain vehicle capacity. between two signifi cant gardens and to create a boulevard. The advantage The slip lane at Linlithgow Avenue is provide an attractive and green gateway of this proposal is to continue the tree being removed as part of another City of to Southbank. canopy across the road and make it read Melbourne project. as a road within a park, encouraging In the short term, it is proposed to improved driver behaviour. The existing conditions of Alexandra introduce a signalised pedestrian Avenue encourage high vehicle speeds crossing to connect Alexandra Gardens This more transformative proposal and do not maximise the potential of to Queen Victoria Gardens. This will will be explored as part of the Domain pedestrian connections between the greatly improve connections through Master Plan which is currently underway. gardens and Yarra River. and usability of these gardens, particularly during events, and increase pedestrian safety. N YARRA RIVER ALEXANDRA ALEXANDRA AVENUEA GARDENS ARTS ST KILDA ROAD QUEEN VICTORIA CENTRE B GARDENS ENUE AV OW G H IT L DOMAIN PARKLANDS NATIONAL N I A Proposed pedestrian GALLERY OF L MASTER PLAN STUDY crossing VICTORIA AREA B Proposed central median Figure 3.52: Location of Alexandra Avenue between St Kilda Road and Linlithgow Avenue 82 participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cityroad alexandra avenue Benefi ts and potential impacts of improvements to Alexandra Parade The improvements proposed for Consequences of the proposed design Alexandra Avenue will deliver the include: following benefi ts: • Minor traffi c delays from a new pedestrian crossing. New pedestrian crossing • Redistributing some parkland to for safer and more direct accommodate a central median. pedestrian access Proposed street upgrades for Alexandra Avenue are presented on the following pages. Central tree-lined median with an additional 11 trees “It’s so hard to get from Alexandra Gardents to Queen Victoria Gardens. We really need a connection for better usage of both garden spaces.” Steve, resident Alexandra avenue Proposed design The proposed design introduces a new pedestrian crossing and a tree lined central median requiring a widening of the existing carriageway. New pedestrian crossing to be installed prior to other potential Red dotted line shows improvements in the roadway existing kerb Section A (see below) Signalised pedestrian crossing introduced to improve pedestrian safety Number of existing and access - located equidistant from vehicle lanes retained St Kilda Road and Linlithgow Avenue in each direction Existing kerb line Traffic Traffic Shared path Shared Park Traffic Median Traffic Traffic Park Path Park 4 9.5 3 3 3 2.5 3 35.7 2.3 Section A 17.5 metres Figure 3.53: Proposed upgrades to Alexandra Avenue showing central median (to be considered as part of the Domain Master Plan). 84 participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cityroad N GATE NUE HAMER HALL ALEXANDRA AVENUE D T ARTS ST KILDA RO EE CENTRE TR UE S EN AV OW STREET G FANNING H A T D I STURT L NATIONAL IN GALLERY OF L VICTORIA OUTH Road width extended Median creates a boulevard streetscape approximately 2.5 metres to similar to St Kilda Road, indicating to create space for central median drivers they are entering the central city Linlithgow Avenue Linlithgow 5m 15m 30m N Tree lined central median provides increased shade and improves visual Legend connection between two gardens Footpath Existing tree New tree Tree removed “Anything you can Traffi c signal do to provide several Existing kerb links between these two sets of gardens would be great.” Nathan, resident City Road Draft Master Plan 85.