Pier Road Closure

Parks Victoria is currently upgrading St Kilda Pier.

The project includes extending the Pier onto the adjoining land. Integrating the Pier interface with the foreshore will improve access and connections between the pier, Fitzroy Street, Catani Gardens, and the Bay Trail.

The final design is in line with the feedback received by Parks Victoria in their 2017 consultation on the Pier Upgrade.

To achieve this outcome a partial closure of Pier Road is required.

At a meeting on 19 April 2023 Council endorsed the commencement of the process to restrict the passage of vehicles on the section of Pier Road between Jacka Boulevard and the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron in accordance with the Local Government Act 1989.

Community members had the opportunity to make submissions from May 2023 to June 2023, for Council’s considerations.

Officers presented the feedback to Councillors on 19 July 2023 for consideration.

We will be asking for your feedback on the concept design of the new St Kilda Pier landside interface and will bring back a report for consideration for Council at a future meeting on the proposed road closure.

More information

Click here to view further information on the upgrade to St Kilda Pier Redevelopment and Foreshore Integration project.
For more information on the road closure process please see information on the right-hand side tab on this page

Timeline

Timeline item 1 - complete

Project open for Submissions.

Council advertises the intent to permanently close the road and receives community submissions 15 May – 12 June 2023
Timeline item 2 - complete

Council Meeting

Council will receive submissions from the public at this meeting. 6.30pm, 19 July 2023
Timeline item 3 - complete

Council Meeting

Council will make a decision on the future of the road closure based on community submissions. February date TBA

Typical administrative procedures for the implementation of permanent road closures are summarised below:

Prepare the proposal, including
- appropriate plans
- addresses of abutting properties
- list of owners and occupiers of such properties.
Obtain report from Department of Transport and Planning on the proposal.
Serve notice of the proposal on the above owners and occupiers. Section 223 of the Local Government Act contains the procedures for hearing submissions.
Publish notice of the proposal in an appropriate newspaper.
Consider submissions from the public.
Adopt/reject the proposal by order of Council with or without modification.
Publish notice of adoption in an appropriate newspaper and send notice of adoption to all objectors.

This process is routinely undertaken by an independent consultant. The time expected for completion of this process is up to 3 months with each stage providing a statutory minimum period for advertising, receiving submissions, hearing submissions and presenting the report to Council with recommendations.