The City of Port Phillip’s top transport priorities in the lead-up to the State election are:

  • Collins Street Tram Extension (Fishermans Crossing)
  • Trams - Park Street Tram Link
  • Walk and bike paths including separated bike lanes along St Kilda Road

Collins Street Tram Extension (Fishermans Crossing)

  • Early delivery of the Collins Street tram extension will set the tone for high quality design and private sector investment in the Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area (FBURA), supporting job creation and economic development in the area.
  • It will influence innovative and sustainable development by encouraging vibrant street frontages and communities activated by walking, cycling and catching the tram.
  • The Collins Street tram extension is critical if FBURA is to truly be part of an expanded central city.

View the Media release: Tram bridge key to Fishermans Bend success

More information about Fishermans Bend on the City of Port Phillip website

Trams - Park Street Tram Link:

  • Construction of approximately 300 metres of missing tram track, on Park Street in South Melbourne, between Heather Street to Kings Way, will fill a gap in the current tram network.
  • It would increase the flexibility of Melbourne’s tram network and alleviate congestion along the St Kilda Road-Swanston Street corridor which is already highly congested, carrying ten of the network’s thirty routes with a tram travelling one a minute.
  • It would provide a direct public transport link between the jobs within Fishermans Bend and the western CBD and residents of the inner south-eastern suburbs.

Walk and bike paths including separated bike lanes along St Kilda Road:

  • St Kilda Road is the busiest bike route in the City of Port Phillip with approximately 659,900 bike trips each year.
  • St Kilda Road has the State’s highest incidence of car dooring accidents, accounting for 39% of all accidents on St Kilda Road.
  • This increase in the number and severity of collisions involving bike riders has triggered investigating separating bike riders from parked and moving vehicles to increase the safety and desirability of bike use on St Kilda Road.

We are also working to improve walking by implementing:

  • Changes to how existing traffic lights operate to improve convenience of making walking and bike riding trips.
  • New traffic signals or pedestrian operated signals
  • Speed limits and/ or the design of declared roads.


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