Planning
Victoria St speed cuts and Hawke St greening among latest West Gate Tunnel responses
The City of Melbourne has provided its latest update on the impacts of the West Gate Tunnel, outlining a series of responses now under way across North and West Melbourne and Kensington as traffic patterns continue to settle following the tunnel’s opening in December.
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Residents press Metro Tunnel team over rail noise near South Kensington
Kensington residents have stepped up their campaign over noise from the new Metro Tunnel entrance near South Kensington Station, with a recent community meeting laying bare ongoing frustration about rail squeal, delays in responses and limited access to monitoring data.
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Hawke St residents petition council over preferred greening plan
West Melbourne residents have formally presented a petition to the City of Melbourne calling for changes to the council’s preferred concept for greening Hawke St, arguing the current proposal would worsen living conditions for those along the south side of the road.
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Kensington ghost bike symbol of human cost, advocate says
The disappearance of a white-painted “ghost bike” memorialising Kensington crash victim Will Richter has prompted a message from a cycling advocate to the City of Melbourne about the importance of remembering the victims of fatal bike crashes.
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Curtain set to fall on Witches in Britches site as councillors weigh office plan
A prominent West Melbourne corner long associated with the iconic Witches in Britches theatre restaurant is set to face a major transformation, with councillors next week to consider plans for a new four-storey office development on the site.
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Arden developer shortlist narrows as questions grow over secondary school and infrastructure
Planning for Melbourne’s future Arden precinct has entered a new phase, with Development Victoria confirming it has narrowed the field of developers competing to deliver the project’s central district from four bidders to two.
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Council pushes to lock in land for parks and path in fast-growing Macaulay
The City of Melbourne is seeking stronger planning protection over a series of sites in Macaulay as it tries to secure land for future parks, drainage works and a key walking and cycling corridor in the rapidly growing precinct.
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Kensington residents call for truck ban as petition gains traction
A growing number of Kensington residents are calling for heavy trucks to be banned from Kensington Rd, arguing that increasing freight traffic through residential streets is putting safety and amenity at risk.
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Soil works complete at Abbotsford St site, but future development remains unclear
Residents living near the long-vacant Abbotsford St site in North Melbourne have been advised that recent site works have now wrapped up, though uncertainty remains about when the final stage of the project will proceed.
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Planning shock as Minister sidelines Macaulay panel for state-led committee
The state government has stunned councillors and residents by scrapping a long-awaited independent planning panel for Macaulay and instead appointing a state-led advisory committee to rewrite the precinct’s future planning controls.
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Cheers to Bridget Mac: West Melbourne’s own local winemaker
The Huddle receives $150k to help the community get vaccinated
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