The local community are invited to provide feedback on an improved Watsonia Station car park with better connections for pedestrians, bikes, buses and cars, with designs released today.
The Urban Design and Landscape Plan (UDLP) on exhibition responds to close to 3 years of community consultation, and more than 15,000 pieces of feedback received through the project’s planning stages.
Car parking at Watsonia Station has been temporarily relocated to Frensham Reserve to allow for the construction of new landscaped bridges at Watsonia Road and Elder Street and to connect the M80 Ring Road to the North East Link tunnels underneath.
The car park will be returned to its original location with improvements so it’s easier for the community to get to the station to catch a bus or train and move about the local area.
The new look car park will include a multi-level car park with 630 commuter spaces with a new forecourt at the station entry, dedicated Drop and Go spaces, more bicycle parking, new and wider walking and cycling paths, improved lighting and CCTV and new trees and plants.
The UDLP is available for public comment on Engage Victoria until Tuesday 31 March 2026. For more information, including display locations, dates and times, visit the Watsonia Station car park upgrades Engage Victoria page.
Community feedback will help finalise the plan before it is submitted to the Minister for Planning for approval, ahead of major construction getting underway from 2027.
When complete, the upgraded station car park will connect with a quieter Greensborough Road – with 19,000 less cars and trucks with North East Link open – and more than 13km of new and upgraded walking and cycling paths being built for the M80 Ring Road Completion and the North East Link tunnels.