Events for your Diary

November
  • Thu 14, 7:15pm: BCNA AGM, Trugo Club in Garden City Reserve
  • Sat 16, 9:30-10:30am: Love our Streets, meeting at 109 tram terminus

  • December
  • Tue 3, 5:30-7:30pm: Port Phillip Neighbourhood Policing Forum, Ingles St
  • Thu 5: BCNA Members' Dinner, Pier 35, Lorimer St
  • Sat 7, 9-10am: Beach Patrol, meeting at Princes Pier
  • Sat 14, 9:30-10:30am: Love our Streets, meeting at Olive's Corner (Liardet St, opposite Coles)

  • January
  • Sat 4, 9-10am: Beach Patrol, meeting at the Centenary Bridge Pylon between Station Pier and Port Melbourne Yacht Club
  • Sat 18, 9:30-10:30am: Love our Streets, meeting at Graham St under the overpass (near 109 tram stop)
  • Latest News

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    Saturday, 23 July 2016

    Beach Street Queuing Lane Update

    On 28 June 2016, the City of Port Phillip endorsed the refined design of the Beach Street Queuing Lane.


    A PDF of this plan can be downloaded here.

    The tender to complete construction will be released to the public this weekend. It is anticipated the successful contractor will begin work in September, subject to delivering the project within a six week time frame. In addition lighting assets along Beach Street must be relocated within this timeframe by CitiPower. If these timeframes cannot be met, construction will commence in May 2017 to accommodate the cruise ship season.

    The scope of works include:
    • Creating a Station Pier lane along Beach Street from Bay Street to the roundabout that will hold queuing traffic at cruise ship times 
    • Utilising the existing pavement space on the foreshore side of Beach Street by altering most of the angle parking to become parallel parking, to make room for the Station Pier lane
    • Adding a lane to the roundabout to create a lane that goes straight through to Station Pier and a one right turn lane, effectively removing congestion from the roundabout
    • Creating an on-road bike lane in both directions on Beach Street
    Key project milestones:
    • July – Public Tender process
    • August – Tender close
    • Late August – Appointment of contractor
    • Early September – Contractor begins work (proposed and subject to tender responses)
    • 24 October 2016 – Construction finishes (proposed and subject to tender responses)
    • 25 October 2016 – First Cruise Ship scheduled
    More information is available at www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/queuing-lane.htm.

    Saturday, 16 July 2016

    Reminder - London Hotel survey

    A reminder that the City of Port Phillip (CoPP) want to better understand what residents value about the London Hotel on the corner of Beach and Swallow Streets. They are collecting information to prepare a comprehensive heritage assessment which will determine the potential for permanent heritage controls for the site.

    The survey, accessible here, closes 29 July.