Planning
Council support ETU rezoning
One of the largest donors to Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s election campaign, the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), has won the council’s support to rezone its North Melbourne headquarters.
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North Melbourne build-to-rent project endorsed by council
The City of Melbourne has given the green light to a $180 million build-to-rent (BTR) project in North Melbourne.
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Biomedical stakeholders push for removal of Haymarket “roundabout of death”
Melbourne’s notorious “roundabout of death” is being considered for removal, following a near decade-long campaign from stakeholders in the Parkville biomedical precinct.
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Melbourne Water commences new phase of flood mitigation study
Melbourne Water has launched a major flood mitigation study aimed at reducing flood risk in the Lower Maribyrnong River catchment.
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“Effectively invisible”: New North Melbourne bike lane “blackspot”
David Britt has been cycling along North Melbourne’s streets for close to a decade, but there’s one intersection he fears more than most.
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Council to proceed with Errol St lane closures for new green space
The City of Melbourne will move forward with a plan to close two lanes off Errol St to create new open space.
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West Gate Tunnel Transport Amenity Program leaves community “outraged”
In 2018, a $100 million Transport and Amenity Program (TAP) was announced to mitigate the impacts of the West Gate Tunnel on neighbourhood streets in North and West Melbourne and Docklands.
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Minister greenlights Miami Hotel
The Miami Hotel Group has had an amendment approved by Minister for Planning Sonya Killkenny that will allow for the development of a new hotel and demolition within a Heritage Overlay.
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Work begins on West Melbourne’s new “green oasis”
Construction is now under way on the Greening Roden Street project, which will transform a section of West Melbourne into a vibrant, nature-filled space.
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Residents take fast-tracked North Melbourne hospital approval to Victoria’s Ombudsman
An approval for a new 11-storey private hospital for North Melbourne has been fast-tracked by the state government, but residents have slammed the process and lodged a complaint with the Victorian Ombudsman.
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Tree planting begins in Kensington
Forgotten South African heroines made rightfully visible
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