{"id":62937,"date":"2024-06-10T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T03:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=62937"},"modified":"2024-06-10T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T01:58:05","slug":"infrastructure-victoria-released-30-year-draft-strategy-for-the-states-future-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=62937","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure Victoria released 30-year draft strategy for the state\u2019s future development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Victoria\u2019s peak infrastructure body has urged the state to get to work on a new cross-city rail line<\/a> and an outer metropolitan ring <\/a>road with freight links in a draft 30-year strategy that also calls for a congestion charge <\/a>and mandated tree cover in new suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infrastructure Victoria will on Wednesday release its draft blueprint for the next three decades <\/a>outlining 95 recommendations to the government and inviting feedback from the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key items include major upgrades of renewable energy and social housing, and a sweeping change to the way we are charged to maintain road and rail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The body has also called on the government to ramp up development of the long-awaited outer metropolitan ring road within two years, designed with a rail corridor for better access to freight hubs and a future Bay West Port.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Metro Tunnel Ring Builders Brian Dempsey and Troy McDonald. Picture: Alex Coppel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 2025, a second business case would be completed for Melbourne Metro 2, a tunnel connecting the Mernda line through the city, Fishermen\u2019s Bend and out to Laverton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Infrastructure Victoria<\/a> chief executive Michel Masson said getting the blueprint right could set Victoria up for three decades and create positive change.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Map of Melbourne train network, with red corridors the most under pressure from congestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInfrastructure can also help tackle disadvantage, especially in outer metropolitan and regional <\/p>\n\n\n\n

areas, by providing better public transport options and improved access to services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Masson said green spaces should be a priority, with a proposal that new-growth areas be required to have 30 per cent tree canopy space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTree canopies and vegetation are \u2018no regrets\u2019 investments that help cool urban environments, provide shade and cooling, support biodiversity and improve human health,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Melbourne Metro 2 potential concept map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report says the government should prepare for petrol engines to be phased out within three decades, and incentivise the uptake of electric cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More urgent is the need to connect new renewable energy zones to electricity infrastructure, and try to overcome barriers to recycled drinking water within 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High priority actions for COVID-19 economic stimulus include a massive increase in public housing \u2013 already planned by the government \u2013 as well as retrofitting government buildings and building smaller regional projects that will produce jobs while enhancing productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Herald Sun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Infrastructure Victoria has released its draft blueprint for the state, so which project does Melbourne need most? Vote in our poll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":62973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,163,47],"tags":[993,10197,8],"class_list":["post-62937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-rail-news","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-metro-2","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t