The dangerous Anderson Street, Yarraville level crossing will be replaced with 2 new pedestrian underpasses, improving safety at one of Melbourne’s most dangerous level crossings.
Following extensive community engagement, including recent consultation from May to July when locals provided feedback on early designs, the project team will be back out engaging with the community in September.
The team will present information on the chosen design and why other design options were ruled out, as detailed in the recently released report, choosing the best design for the pedestrian and cycling underpasses in Yarraville.
Locals are invited to sign up for an online community webinar on Thursday 10 September at 5.30pm or Monday 14 September at 12pm. The project team is also hosting small in-person group sessions where locals can meet the team and ask questions. Each session will run for 25 minutes each with session times starting from 4.30pm on Thursday 17 September or from 9.30am on Saturday 19 September. Registration to both the online and in-person information sessions are essential, register to secure your spot.
Anderson Street will close to vehicles in 2028, and the new underpasses will be complete in 2029, unlocking space for a new pedestrian-friendly plaza east of the rail line.
The community will have 2 safe and accessible points of access across the busy rail line that cater to people with different mobility needs.
The new underpass at Anderson Street will feature stairs and 2 lifts on either side of the rail line for cyclists and people with prams, mobility aids and wheelchairs. In response to community feedback, a second underpass featuring stairs and accessible ramps will also be built north of the station near Murray and Goulburn streets.
The designs have been shaped by community feedback, and the project team is currently reviewing feedback from a third round of community consultation that ended in July, which will be incorporated in the design where possible.
Consultation so far includes more than 1200 online survey responses and 8 community workshops with residents and traders, where locals shared their desire to retain the area’s village feel.
Five level crossings are going for good in Melbourne’s inner-west, at Newport, Altona, Spotswood and Yarraville, making the Werribee Line boom gate free by 2029.
