Transport & traffic
One of the essential elements contained within the vision
of an integrated urban environment for the Doncaster Hill
Activity Centre is a community village that is people-focused
and provides a range of community services.
The Community
Service Infrastructure Doncaster Hill - DCP Justifications
Summary Report (1.2Mg) outlines the community services
and facilities that will be required in the Doncaster Hill
area.
The Doncaster Hill Strategy aims to create a comprehensive
network of pedestrian and cycling paths, as well as link the
village to major public transport routes, with easy access
to bus facilities connecting the area the to the city and
neighbouring suburbs.
Background information relating to transport in Doncaster
Hill is available in the following documents:
Pedestrian and Cycling Plan Review
From June to August 2009 Council placed its Draft Doncaster
Hill Pedestrian and Cycling Plan (June 2009) on exhibition.
The purpose of the Plan is to identify future works to be
undertaken, ensure stronger links to public transport, and
respond to health and social elements of pedestrian and cycling
issues and opportunities, and to facilitate the delivery of
these works and initiatives through the Actions Plan.
It will be used to guide decision-makers and other relevant
key stakeholders, at the State, regional and local level regarding
these works and initiatives, and will play an important role
in being used as a basis for securing future funding.
Feedback from the exhbition period is being considered for
inclusion in the final Plan.
Since the end of the exhibition in August 2009, Council has
been advocating to the State Government for integrated delivery
of transport initiatives that further the policy objectives
for Principal Activity Centres such as Doncaster Hill. Feedback
from consultation is being considered for inclusion in the
Plan before a final draft is presented to Council.
Council is now seeking resolution from the Department of
Transport and VicRoads regarding the implementation of strategic
initiatives before considering and responding to submissions
made during the public exhbibition.
Public Transport
Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (DART)
DART will be a network of major arterial bus routes operating
at high frequency to the CBD with the assistance of road priority,
high quality and off-vehicle amenities.
The $360 million DART upgrade is expected to commence service
in 2011 and will offer of a network of buses on major arterial
routes operating at high frequency to the CBD with the assistance
of road priority measures and high quality signage.
More information is available on the Victorian
Transport Plan website.
SmartBus Orbital Service
Three Orbital SmartBus routes - Red, Green and Yellow- will
run through Manningham, with the Red and Green routes servicing
Doncaster Hill directly.
The SmartBus system offers:
- Upgraded buses
- More frequent services
- Improved technology - dynamic signal priority
- Greater reliability
- Real time information
- Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) compliant bus stops
The Red Orbital SmartBus service commenced operation within
Manningham in April 2009.
Planning and detailed designs are in progress for the Green
and Yellow orbital bus services, anticipated to commence operations
in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
For more information on the SmartBus service visit http://www.transport.vic.gov.au/smartbus.
Doncaster Road bus priority proposal
VicRoads is proposing to install part-time bus lanes and
extend clearways along Doncaster Road to improve bus reliability
and travel times.
Bus lanes and clearways will reduce delays by giving buses
priority on the road during peak hours - resulting in quicker,
more reliable bus journeys along this busy public transport
route.
For more information visit the VicRoads
website.
Pedestrian and cycling links
Council has begun work on creating a network of improved
pedestrian and cycling links around Doncaster Hill.
The first stage of this was completed in mid-2008 with a
shared path constructed between Precinct 1 and Westfield.
Widened walking and cycling paths now run behind Doncaster
Primary School, and along Council and Goodson Streets. Part
of this project was also the installation of signage with
directions and walking times to major sites on the Hill.
Construction of the path was jointly funded by Council and
the State Government through a $173,000 Local Area Access
Program grant.
The shared path also links to the Doncaster Hill Boulevard
and Underpass on Doncaster Road, and will link to other pedestrian
and cycling paths around the Hill.
Traffic & parking
The Doncaster
Hill Parking Precinct Plan establishes the most efficient
way for future expected car parking demands to be accommodated
within the Doncaster Hill area including the stipulation of
suitable car parking requirements for key land uses within
Doncaster Hill.
The Doncaster Hill Parking Precinct Plan refers to the findings
of the Doncaster
Hill Parking Study and the “Doncaster Hill Parking
Study - Technical Report” which has assessed the expected
future car parking requirements of Doncaster Hill and the
way in which these requirements can most effectively be managed.
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