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The
West
Growth
Corridor Plan
36 | Growth corridor plansGrowth coRridor plans | 37
Existing Urban
Urban Growth Boundary
Freeway See
Arterial Road
Local Collector Road
Principal Freight Network
See Note
Railway Line
Rail Station
Opportunity for future Rail Station
Rail Stabling
Principal Public Transport Network
Specialised Town Centre See Note
Central Activity Area
Principal Town Centre
Major Town Centre
Industrial
Business
Business with Residential
Residential
Proposed Regional Open Space
Existing Open Space
Regional Active Open Space (under investigation)
Biodiversity Values
Landscape Values
Non-urban/Utilities
Potential Urban
Quarry
Rivers & Creeks
Waterway Corridor
Investigation Area
Inclusion of arterial roads in the plans does not
indicate a commitment to funding or
declaration as a state arterial road
Infrastructure items shown are indicative and
will require further investigation
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Base map is reproduced with permission
from Melway Publishing Pty. Ltd. 2011.
See Note
NOTES
Melton Tourism Precinct
Proposed Kororoit Creek Regional Park (exact boundary to be
determined)
Potential location for Western Interstate Freight Terminal
Proposed Werribee Township Regional Park (exact boundary to be
determined)
Protect the planned rail freight spur line between the OMR corridor
and Melton rail line from sensitive uses by including a buffer of
non-residential
Protect the Boundary Road freight route from sensitive uses by
including a buffer of non-residential
Potential rail stabling
Water management site subject to further investigation
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See Note
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Growth coRridor plans | 39THE WEST
Growth Corridor Plan
4.1 CONTEXT metropolitan service to
Werribee and eventually to
Creating greater local self
containment, job and housing
Melbourne’s western region is Wyndham Vale. Two new diversity, and improved transport
one of the fastest growing in stations are proposed on the links are priorities for the western
Australia. The area covered by RRL, at Wyndham Vale and metropolitan region. The West
the West Growth Corridor Plan Tarneit, with opportunities Growth Corridor Plan seeks to
will eventually accommodate a for four more stations in the address these priorities by:
population of 377,000 or more longer term;
people and have the capacity to >> Improving road, public trans-
>> The proposed Outer Metro- port and freight networks
accommodate at least 164,000 politan Ring (OMR) transport
jobs. across the region;
corridor – this will enhance
connectivity between key
>> Extending the western indus-
The region has a strong trial node, and connecting
manufacturing and logistics international transport
it to a new freight terminal
base, and it will continue to hubs including the Port of
and the broader transport
play a vital role in meeting Melbourne and Melbourne
network;
Victoria’s industrial and logistics Airport, and provide high
needs. However, communities speed road and rail transport >> Creating a diversity of new
in Melbourne’s west are heavily links for freight and people communities, well serviced
reliant on the CBD and inner west across the west and north by public transport and with
for jobs and services, and this metropolitan area; very high amenity by building
places considerable pressure on on natural features such as
>> The Melton rail line corridor
the transport network. regional parklands, creeks
– new stations identified at
and waterways, and creating
The future development of Toolern and Paynes Road,
high quality town centres and
Melbourne’s west will be and an upgraded station
urban areas; and
substantially shaped by the at Rockbank, will provide
an opportunity for transit >> Creating attractive and acces-
following significant transport sible locations for a wide
projects: oriented development along
this corridor; and range of jobs, investment, and
>> The Regional Rail Link (RRL) >> The proposed Western services – including in six new
project, which will provide higher order town centres.
Interstate Freight Terminal at
tracks to the north of Werribee Truganina. A new intermodal
to carry VLine services from freight terminal will signifi-
Geelong and beyond, to free cantly improve Melbourne’s
up the congested Werribee freight handling capacity and
line to enable an improved reinforce the economic impor-
tance of Melbourne’s west.
40 | Growth corridor plans4.2
The West Growth
Corridor will play a signifi-
cant role in the diversification
of the broader western region
over time. The Hopkins Road Business
Precinct, and the Werribee Employment
Precinct, together with existing and planned
Principal and Major Town Centres, will provide signif-
icant new opportunities for living, jobs, investment and
services within the region.
The region will also continue to play a vital role in meeting Victo-
ria’s industrial, freight and logistics needs over the long term, whilst
diversifying the employment offer of the region. Planned upgrades
to the freeway and freight facilities in Melbourne’s west will reinforce its
importance to the industrial sectors.
Each local neighbourhood will have its own character, defined by its
natural setting, and opportunities to integrate locally distinctive features
into the development of the Growth Corridor will be maximised. These
include waterways, hills, regional parks and open space, and biodiver-
sity reserves, as well as more distant views to the hills to the West and
North, and to the CBD.
Growth coRridor plans | 414.3 LANDSCAPE, sense of place for future communi-
ties.
parts of the corridor in
both visual and landscape
ENVIRONMENT AND terms. The Werribee River
Residents and visitors will be able
OPEN SPACE to access the open space via a
and Kororoit, Skeleton/Dry,
Davis and Lollipop Creeks are
The West Growth Corridor is char- comprehensive trail network that
particularly important in this
acterised by its grasslands biodi- will extend throughout the West
regard;
versity and the major waterways Growth Corridor.
that connect it to inner Melbourne >> Mount Atkinson and Mount
and Port Phillip Bay, as well as by a 4.3.1 Landscape Cottrell are important
range of cultural heritage values. landscape features. They will
These features provide significant The West Growth Corridor is be preserved and, where
opportunities to address the broad characterised by a flat to undu- relevant, urban areas will
needs of the region by creating lating landscape that is dissected benefit from vistas to these
new active and passive recreation by a number of waterways and features from a range of
areas alongside waterways and enclosed by distant views to the vantage points across the
in areas with high landscape or You Yangs and Brisbane Ranges to Growth Corridor;
biodiversity values. the west, and the Great Dividing >> Distant views to the CBD, You
Range to the north. The key Yangs, Brisbane Ranges and
The Growth Corridor Plan recog- landscape features that form part the Great Dividing Range; and
nises this wide range of values. of the broader setting for urban
Combined, they make up an >> Finer grained and recurring
development as shown in the elements across the landscape
integrated open space network for images below include:
Melbourne’s west. This network such as the dry stone walls
provides an important natural >> The natural drainage system and original 19th century
setting for the entire western across the Growth Corridor mile grid subdivision pattern
corridor and will make a major – this will form the spine will be incorporated into the
contribution to the amenity and of the open space network new urban landscape where
which connects different possible.
42 | Growth corridor plansGrowth Corridor Plan : Melbourne west
4.3.2 Biodiversity the Urban Growth Boundary in part of the wider Kororoit
Melbourne’s west. The Western Creek regional park. An
The West Growth Corridor has Grasslands Reserve (totalling area of approximately 50 ha
significant biodiversity values 15,000ha) will ensure the long extending to the north of the
including threatened communities term conservation of this nation- Kororoit Creek will also be
of Natural Temperate Grasslands of ally threatened Natural Temperate protected for conservation
the Victorian Volcanic Plain. Threat- Grasslands ecosystem. to incorporate Spiny Rice-
ened fauna species that utilise flower, Golden Sun Moth
The following biodiversity values
ecological communities as well habitat, ephemeral wetlands
are recognised by the West Growth
as degraded landscapes include and high quality remnant
Corridor Plan:
Striped Legless Lizard, Golden grassland. The finalisation
Sun Moth (GSM), and Growling >> Large areas of habitat of the boundaries for the
Grass Frog (GGF). Threatened for the GSM which also regional park will consider the
flora species exist throughout the have confirmed records of inclusion of this area in the
Growth Corridor with populations nationally important plants park;
of Spiny Rice flower, and Large such as Spiny Rice Flower; >> A small but important site to
Fruit Groundsel, occurring in a >> Habitat for the GGF along the the north-west of the Clarke
number of locations. Werribee River, Kororoit Creek Road grasslands supports
The major waterways of Werribee and its tributaries, as well as many Spiny Rice-flower in
River and Kororoit Creek are Lollypop and Davis Creeks, high quality native grassland
biodiversity corridors that provide and Deanside wetlands; habitat and will be protected
important habitat and connec- >> The Clarke Road grasslands, for conservation;
tivity through the Growth Corridor which supports one of two >> The Truganina Cemetery
for species such as the Growling remaining sites of the Small and its edges contain several
Grass Frog. Golden Moths Orchid in the populations of nationally
world, as well as Spiny Rice threatened plant species;
Two large grasslands reserves
flower. This area will form
are to be established outside
Growth coRridor plans | 43>> The completion of the 4.3.3 Drainage
Truganina South Golden Sun
Moth reserve on Woods Road; Significant floodplains exist along
>> The Deer Park Quarry Kororoit Creek and the Werribee
Grasslands, which provides River, which are important features
habitat for the Striped Legless of the Western Plains landscape.
Lizard and the Spiny Rice These major waterways, together
flower; with the numerous smaller
tributaries and local wetlands,
>> The area between the railway include areas of cultural heritage
line and Western Freeway at
and provide habitat for significant
Rockbank supports a large
native flora and fauna.
population of Large-fruit
Groundsel and Spiny Rice- The lower reaches of the Werribee
flower and will be protected River flow through coastal
for conservation; and wetlands which form part of the
>> The area of high quality native Port Phillip Bay (Western Shore-
grassland south of Greigs line) and Bellarine Peninsula
Road will also be protected Ramsar site. Ramsar3 wetlands
to conserve a very large require a high level of control
population of Spiny Rice- over the quality and quantity of
flower contiguous with the surface water discharge, which will
Western Grassland Reserves. affect management of stormwater
entering the Werribee River.
The alignments of the Outer
Metropolitan Ring Road (OMR)
and Regional Rail Link (RRL) corri-
dors will also affect waterways and
flood plains.
All of these issues will need to be
considered in development of
stormwater systems servicing the
West Growth Corridor.
3 Ramsar wetlands are wetlands of international importance listed under the Conven-
tion on Wetlands also known as the Ramsar Convention. The Convention was signed in
1971 at a meeting in the town of Ramsar, in Iran. The aim of the convention is to halt the
worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve those that remain.
44 | Growth corridor plansGrowth Corridor Plan : Melbourne west
4.3.4 Regional Parks required to finalise the western sports with a regional catchment.
and northern boundaries of the The delivery of these facilities will
and Open Space Werribee Township regional park. need to be further investigated
A new regional park is currently before any final decisions can be
The proposed Western Grass-
under development along Toolern made.
land Reserves will also provide
Creek, to the south of Melton. significant passive open space These parks will be connected by a
Additional regional parks are opportunities. Public access to series of trails focused particularly
identified along Kororoit Creek, these reserves will focus visitors along the waterways. Some of
(west of Caroline Springs); and the into areas where the impact on these will form part of the MTN,
Werribee Township Regional Park biodiversity can be minimised. and others will form more local
on the Werribee River. The indica- trails to be provided through PSPs.
Two potential locations for a
tive boundaries of these parks regional active open space facility The plan below explains how
are shown on the West Growth are identified, adjoining the Koro- all forms of open space will be
Corridor Plan. Further biodiversity roit Creek regional park and along integrated.
information is required to finalise Kororoit Creek close to the Rock-
the northern boundary of the bank town centre. These facilities
Kororoit Creek regional park, and are intended to meet a need for
further drainage information is
West
Integrated
Open Space
Melb Airport
Melton Woodgrove
Melton
Concept Plan
Sydenham
Plumpton Central Activity Area
Rockbank North
Toolern
Principal Town Centre
Toolern Vale Regional Park Rockbank South
Major Town Centre
Kororoit Creek Regional Park
Hopkins Rd
Train Station
Future Station
Opportunity for Future Rail Station
Sunshine
Western Plains Grassland Reserve Urban Growth Boundary
Existing Urban Area
Area Outside UGB
Regional Open Space
Tarneit (not all publicly accessible)
Sayers Road Potential Regional Open Space
(not all publicly accessible)
Potential Regional
Active Open Space
Werribee Township Regional Park
Wyndham Vale Potential Bicycle Network
Principal Bicycle Network Links
Werribee
Employment
Precinct
Metropolitan Trail Network
Werribee
Metropolitan Trail Network Links
Point Cook Coastal Park
Werribee Zoo Landscape Values
You Yangs Park
Growth coRridor plans | 454.4 CREATING Each of these districts is of
a sufficient size to support a
Arterial roads will be grade-
separated from the RRL and the
COMMUNITIES Major Town Centre, and each OMR, and they will be designed
can provide a mix of jobs and to minimise their impact on
4.4.1 Residential housing types/densities. the amenity and accessibility of
Districts within the Connections between districts
these locations.
Growth Corridor will be provided by a grid of arte- Creeks and waterways will
rial roads and extended public also play an important role in
In the northern (Melton) section transport networks. New Major connecting these districts via the
of the Growth Corridor, the Town Centres are located along Metropolitan Trail Network and
OMR and the Western Freeway/ the RRL at Tarneit and Sayers local trails.
Western rail line clearly define Road stations, on the Melton
the larger scale residential This is particularly the case with
rail line at Rockbank, and on the
districts within the corridor. the Kororoit Creek, which will
PPTN, at Leakes Road (Rock-
provide an important east-west
In the southern (Wyndham) bank), and Hume Drive. Each
link between communities across
section of the Growth Corridor, a is centrally located within its
either side of the OMR.
series of residential districts are district, and will be accessible by
located along the regional rail multiple transport modes.
link corridor.
West
Community Melb Airport
Concept Plan
Melton
Central Activity Area Melton Woodgrove
Sydenham
Plumpton
Principal Town Centre Rockbank North
Toolern
Major Town Centre
Rockbank South
Train Station
Future Station
Hopkins Rd
Opportunity for future Rail Station
Urban Growth Boundary Sunshine
Existing Urban Area
Area Outside UGB
Constrained Land
Local Neighbourhood Tarneit
Sayers Road
New Residential Districts
Wyndham Vale
Werribee
Employment
Precinct
Werribee
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4.4.2 Character and Creeks and waterways will also 4.4.3 Rockbank
provide alternative connections
Identity between communities via the The existing low density town-
The sense of place for each MTN. ship of Rockbank is located
of these communities will be between the Western Freeway
Opportunities exist to ensure
created from natural features, and the Melton rail line. The
that some of the arterial road
particularly local wetlands, relationship between the area
routes are designed to have
waterways and creeks such as bound by Paynes Road, the
a strong boulevard character.
Werribee River, Kororoit Creek, Western Freeway, Hopkins Road
This will potentially require
Davis Creek, Skeleton/Dry Creek and the rail line presents signifi-
such routes to have a wider
and Lollipop Creek. cant design challenges. Oppor-
cross section to allow for tree
tunities exist to enable this area
The town centres at Tarneit, planting and wider medians.
to be redeveloped to a more
Sayers Road and Leakes Road The key route for consideration
transit oriented form of develop-
(Rockbank) adjoin or are near to of such treatment is the north-
ment over time. Great care will
waterways, and can be designed south connection between
need to be taken to ensure that
so the waterways are integrated the Wyndham and Melton,
any new infrastructure projects,
into the character of the town. i.e. Hopkins or Tarneit Roads.
including grade separations,
Hopkins Road specifically will
rail line upgrade and stabling
play a vital role as it will link the
and the OMR enable continued
Sunbury/Diggers Rest Corridor
access to the precinct, and do
through to the West Corridor
not unduly impact on amenity.
all the way down to Werribee
This area will be planned as part
ensuring the connection of resi-
of a broader PSP.
dents to jobs and town centres.
Leakes or Dohertys Roads, and
Taylors Road or Hume Drive
provide the opportunity for a
similar treatment in an east-west
direction.
Character and identity in this
corridor is also provided by areas
such as the Warrensbrook Fair
Tourism Precinct, the Rockbank
Beam Wireless Station and the
Deanside complex of buildings.
The opportunities provided by
features such as these to create a
distinctive character for the west
should be maximised.
Growth coRridor plans | 474.4.4 Regional profit providers. Primary care range of non government organ-
services are mainly provided by isations. Significant growth is
Community, Health and general practitioners. Commu- being delivered at the Sunshine
Education Services and nity health services provided Hospital site, and services at
Facilities by ISIS Community Health at Werribee Mercy Hospital are also
Brimbank, and Wyndham and being expanded.
Victoria University is the main Djerriwarrh Health Service at
provider of campus based Additional residential aged
Melton, Bacchus Marsh and Caro-
post compulsory education in care capacity will be required
line Springs, deliver a range of
Melbourne’s west. The University to provide for an expanding
primary health care services.
of Ballarat, Deakin University and and ageing population in
Gordon TAFE also have a pres- Western Health is the major Melbourne’s west.
ence in the region, and there are public provider of acute and sub
Strategic planning will take
also specialist research focused acute health services for western
account of interface communi-
facilities, including the Univer- metropolitan Melbourne. It
ties on the metro-rural fringe,
sity of Melbourne’s veterinary provides a range of health
consider the need for health
hospital and the RMIT flight services from three hospital
and medical precincts in major
school at Point Cook. campuses in Footscray, Sunshine
centres and include a focus on
and Williamstown. Djerriwarrh
These facilities are spread across the potential for co-location of
Health Service provides a local
the region and are in reasonable services.
hospital in Bacchus Marsh and
proximity to the Growth Corri- a superclinic at Melton. Ballan More comprehensive and
dors. Whilst it is not anticipated District Health and Care provides specialist education, health
that a new campus for post services including a GP Super and community facilities would
compulsory education will Clinic. normally be located in the higher
be required in the west in the order town centres, including
foreseeable future, additional The Werribee Mercy Hospital
the existing Sydenham Town
community based facilities will serves the Wyndham corridor,
Centre such as Werribee Plaza,
be needed over time. as well as neighbouring areas.
and centres identified at Toolern,
Residents of this Growth Corridor
Primary, secondary and Tarneit and Manor Lakes
also access Sunshine Hospital,
tertiary health services, Western Hospital and other inner
both hospital and commu- metropolitan specialist hospitals
nity based, are provided by for tertiary and state-wide health
a combination of state and services. Tertiary mental health
commonwealth government services are provided at a range
and private including not for of locations in the west and
south west by Melbourne Health,
the Royal Children’s Hospital,
Werribee Mercy Hospital and a
48 | Growth corridor plansGrowth Corridor Plan : Melbourne west
4.5 EMPLOYMENT 4.5.1 Town Centres The Wyndham Vale, Sayers Road
and Tarneit town centres will
Melbourne’s west does not A wide range of businesses and be designed to integrate with
generate sufficient employment job opportunities will emerge over the Regional Rail Link stations.
to provide for the job needs of its time in the Principal Town Centres Tarneit Town Centre in particular
rapidly growing population. As at Werribee, Toolern, Sunshine and will play an important strategic
a result, Melbourne’s west has a Sydenham. role because it is central to the
strong reliance on the CBD and southern part of the corridor and
inner west for jobs and services. The Toolern Town Centre will
is located with the intersection
be the primary centre for the
Over time, the West Growth of Leakes and Derrimut/Hopkins
north western portion of the
Corridor will achieve greater local roads and the proposed Tarneit
West Growth Corridor, as well
job self containment. In total Station.
as the regional hinterland,
this Corridor has the capacity to including Bacchus Marsh. It is
accommodate between 164,000 well connected to the Growth 4.5.2 Employment
and 202,000 new jobs across a Corridor, and to regional areas by Precincts
range of employment sectors and the Western Freeway and Western
locations. rail line and the PPTN along Ferris The West Growth Corridor Plan
road. makes provision for:
This will be achieved in a variety
of ways, including new invest- The Major Town Centres across >> 3,960 gross hectares of
ment and job creation including the northern (Melton) part of the industrial land;
in existing and planned town corridor are well connected to >> 1,410 gross hectares of
centres, business precincts, and Toolern, Sunshine and Sydenham business land; and
industrial areas. via the main rail line and the PPTN. >> Around 100 gross hectares of
Werribee Town Centre will be the additional land could also be
primary centre for the southern provided for a range of local
(Wyndham) half of the corridor. industrial and commercial
Together with the Werribee activities across residential
Employment Precinct, this centre PSPs. These will be identified
will be a focus for a wide range of as required through the PSP
jobs and services for the Growth process.
Corridor and the broader region.
The established Werribee Plaza
also performs an important sub-
regional retail role.
Growth coRridor plans | 49The Western road and rail from the Ports of Werribee
Industrial Node Melbourne and Geelong to other Employment Precinct
parts of Australia.
The Growth Corridor Plan identi- The 730 (gross) hectare Werribee
fies a 1,510 (gross) hectare exten- The land that forms part of this Employment Precinct is currently
sion to the Western Industrial precinct south of Boundary Road home to a number of research
Node, which would be accessible has a depth of 400m. This precinct and development organisations
by a new freeway link between should provide a suitable land use including CSIRO Food and Nutri-
the Western Ring road and the buffer between the terminal and tional Sciences, Victoria University,
OMR. The precinct will have ready residential uses further south and Melbourne University Veterinary
access to rail freight, and could could consist of light industrial Clinic, the Dairy Innovation Centre
accommodate a major new freight and service industry type uses. and Agrifood Technology.
terminal, to enable the transfer
The Precinct has the potential
of interstate freight between
to create a major higher skilled
“white collar” employment hub
for the west, linking to the existing
Werribee City Centre. Residential
development can also be accom-
modated.
West
Employment Melb Airport
Concept Plan Melton
Central Activity Area Melton Woodgrove
4 Sydenham
Principal Town Centre Plumpton
Rockbank North
Toolern
Major Town Centre
Train Station Rockbank South
Future Station
Hopkins Rd 3
Opportunity for future Rail station
Urban Growth Boundary
Sunshine
Existing Urban Area
1
Area Outside UGB
Constrained Land
Industrial
Tarneit
Existing Industrial
Sayers Road
Business
Business with Residential
Wyndham Vale
Western Industrial Node 1
Werribee
Werribee Employment Precinct 2 Employment
Precinct
2
Hopkins Road Commercial Precinct 3 Werribee
Melton Highway Industrial Precinct 4
50 | Growth corridor plansGrowth Corridor Plan : Melbourne west
Hopkins Road also benefit from the local amenity be explored, and opportunities
Business Precinct provided by Mt Atkinson and the for its potential future provision
local conservation reserve. The preserved.
The Hopkins Road Business Hopkins Road Precinct will accom-
Precinct is strategically located modate a 400 (gross) hectare Toolern Employment
to contribute to the achievement
of a greater diversity of employ-
business precinct comprising Precinct
a mix of business uses (such as This Precinct has direct access to
ment opportunities in the West office parks, research and develop-
Growth Corridor. The Precinct the Western Freeway and Melton
ment) together with conventional, rail line. It will be serviced by a
is 590ha in total area (from the medium and higher density resi-
Melton highway to the conserva- high amenity mixed use precinct
dential uses. It will also comprise and Principal Town Centre at
tion reserve south of Mt Atkinson) a 120 (gross) hectare industrial
and it provides opportunities to Toolern and will be readily acces-
precinct between the Western sible to the PPTN by a new rail
integrate a mix of higher density highway and the Melton rail line
residential and employment uses station and a north-south public
and a 65 (gross) hectare commer- transport connection.
which have potential to directly cial precinct along Hopkins road.
connect to the arterial road Around 470 (gross) hectares of
system, the future OMR/Western The layout of these uses will need industrial land is located within
Highway interchange and the to respond to the interface with the Precinct, as well as 120 (gross)
designated PPTN. The Precinct will the existing Quarry, the railway hectares of mixed use employ-
line, OMR, freight spur line and the ment activities, located around the
Western Highway, to ensure non Melton harness racing facility.
sensitive uses are located away
from these facilities. In particular, Melton Highway
the planned rail freight spur line
between the OMR corridor and
Industrial Precincts
Melton rail line will be protected A new 325 (gross) hectare indus-
from sensitive uses by including a trial precinct is identified along
buffer of non-residential uses. the northern part of the OMR.
With two interchanges onto the
A small Specialised Town Centre OMR (at the Melton Highway and
will be located in the Precinct to Taylors road), the Precinct will
support the business activities have direct freight access to the
and provide amenity for residents metropolitan area, the Port of
and workers. The ability for this Melbourne and regional Victoria.
precinct to succeed as a higher
order employment location The Precinct will be serviced by
will depend on, amongst other the PPTN along Hume Drive, and
factors, its accessibility which will will be close to two identified
require careful planning at the Major Town Centres at Plumpton
PSP stage. A future PSP will also and Leakes Road (Rockbank).
need to ensure that any residential
community within this location
is of sufficient size to operate as South West Quarries
a self-contained neighbourhood, Industrial Node
supported by transport, open This Precinct has direct access to
space and community infrastruc- the Princes Freeway via the OMR.
ture. Careful planning and analysis This area consists of approx 350
of catchments for services will, (gross) hectares of industrial land
therefore, be required. and will require careful planning
Although there are no plans to to ensure uses do not impact
provide a station in this loca- adversely on the future opera-
tion during the timeframe of the tions of the quarry and also the
Corridor Plan, there is potential surrounding residential area.
for a Hopkins Road rail station
in the longer term which could
Growth coRridor plans | 514.6 TRANSPORT >> A reservation exists for the
extension of the existing
higher density and mixed use
development opportunities along
4.6.1 Public Transport metropolitan rail line from these rail lines.
Werribee to Wyndham Vale;
These three rail spines are
Urban development in and
supported by public trans-
Melbourne’s west will be >> Construction of the RRL, with port networks identified in the
supported by three main rail new stations in the short term Corridor Plan to link the two parts
spines: at Wyndham Vale and Tarneit, of the Growth Corridor through
>> Planning for rail services and and planning for stations at the western industrial node. The
station development along Truganina, Davis Road, Sayers northern part of the Corridor is
the Melton rail line, including Road and Wyndham Vale served by an identified PPTN that
multi modal integration, to South in the longer term. links districts north and south of
support Principal and Major The development of new rail lines the Melton Rail line to stations
Town Centres, as well as to Melbourne and Avalon Airports and town centres.
strategically located park and are currently under investigation.
ride facilities; The Growth Corridor Plan focuses
West
Public Transport Melb Airport
Concept Plan
Melton
Central Activity Area Melton Woodgrove
Sydenham
Principal Town Centre Plumpton
Rockbank North
Toolern
Major Town Centre
Train Station Rockbank South
Future Station
Hopkins Rd
Opportunity for future Rail Station
Urban Growth Boundary
Sunshine
Existing Urban Area
Area Outside UGB
Business
Business with Residential
Metropolitan Demand Tarneit
Sayers Road
Regional Demand
Subregional Demand
Other Major Demand Wyndham Vale
Werribee
Employment
Precinct
Werribee
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Planning for higher capacity 4.6.2 Arterial Road
public transport, initially in the
form of SmartBus type services,
Networks
but with the potential to be The Growth Corridor Plan
upgraded to a higher capacity proposes the development, over
transport mode, will be under- time, of a new grid of north-
taken. south and east-west arterial
A network of potential local bus roads, crossing the OMR and the
routes will be planned as part of Western rail/freeway corridor.
preparation of PSPs. These roads will provide critical
linkages between communities,
and to housing, jobs and services.
The following parts of the arterial
road network require further
planning over time:
>> The east-west arterial road
network across the OMR,
north of the Western Freeway,
including a possible new
interchange and a potential
crossing to service the PPTN;
and
>> The future arterial road
network and its relationship
with the Princes Freeway and
the RRL.
Growth coRridor plans | 534.6.3 Planning for Future rail proposals include Parts of the arterial road and rail
the Western Interstate Freight network in Melbourne’s west will
Freight networks Terminal-Deer Park-Sunshine- be planned to carry freight as a
The rail freight network in the Jacana rail line and the Outer key function. Critical parts of the
west comprises rail corridors of Metropolitan Transport Ring road freight network include:
significance, including: Corridor.
>> Western Freeway
>> Tottenham-Newport-Altona- The rail freight network is >> Princes Freeway
Geelong corridor (including supported by terminals, rail
yards and maintenance facilities,
>> The Outer Metropolitan Ring
Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth Transport Corridor
mainline); including: the Altona intermodal
terminal; Spotswood intermodal >> Boundary Road
>> Tottenham-Sunshine-Melton-
Ballarat corridor;
terminal; Altona North intermodal >> East-West Link
terminal; Spotswood Locomo- >> Palmers Road
>> Sunshine-Sydenham-Bendigo tive Maintenance Centre; and the
corridor; Tottenham rail yards.
>> Sunshine-Brooklyn-Newport
corridor including the
Sunshine grain terminal and
Hanson’s quarry terminal.
West
Freight
Concept Plan
Melb Airport
Melton
Central Activity Area Melton Woodgrove
Sydenham
Principal Town Centre Plumpton
Rockbank North
Major Town Centre Toolern
Train Station Rockbank South
Future Station
Hopkins Rd
Opportunity for future Rail Station
Urban Growth Boundary
Sunshine
Existing Urban Area
Area Outside UGB
Constrained Land
Industrial
Existing Industrial Tarneit
Sayers Road
Freight Demand
Wyndham Vale
Werribee
Employment
Precinct
Werribee
54 | Growth corridor plansGrowth Corridor Plan : Melbourne west
The West Growth Corridor
Plan also makes provision for
4.7 OTHER
a Western Interstate Freight INFRASTRUCTURE
Terminal within the Western The West Growth Corridor Plan
Industrial Node. The precinct recognises and protects a range
between Boundary and Middle of existing and prospective infra-
Roads has been identified as a structure facilities including a site
preferred location for this facility. identified for a future electricity
Major distribution centres are terminal station at Mount Cottrell,
expected to locate within and between Boral’s Deer Park quarry
adjacent to the terminal area. and the OMR and a number of
transmission easements.
There is also the potential for a
new Port Shuttle terminal in this It ensures that approved
location. and operational quarries are
protected from encroachment by
sensitive land uses and identifies
industrial or commercial devel-
opment activities adjacent to
existing Holcim and Boral quarry
sites within/adjacent to the UGB.
On that basis, these precincts
could be rezoned from Farming
Zone to Urban Growth Zone. Any
buildings proposed within 200m
of the title boundary of these
quarries will be subject to a risk
assessment to be undertaken
at PSP stage, to ensure that the
impact of rock blasting is accept-
able.
The Growth Corridor Plan ensures
that approved and operational
landfills referred to in The Metro-
politan Waste and Resource
Recovery Strategic Plan and
potential organic waste treat-
ment/recovery are protected from
encroachment by sensitive uses.
Any development within 500m
of the putrescible landfill sites at
Werribee and Deer Park will be
subject to an environmental audit
to ensure that any potential land-
fill gas migration is mitigated.
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