Re: [TramsDownUnder] Better public transport, slower local streets and more social housing called for in new Infrastructure Victoria plan

On 04/03/2025 08:46, 'Greg Sutherland' via TramsDownUnder wrote:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/infrastructure-victoria-plan-public-transport-social-housing/105004250

Thanks Greg,

The full report is on line at:  https://www.infrastructurevictoria.com.au/resources/draft-30-year-strategy

The tram recommendations start on page 37.

I have attached (from that document) a map showing the proposed extensions and a table showing potential passenger loadings.

• The line up Spencer St partly follows the old cable tram route - which was never well patronised as it was an industrial area.  With massive housing re-development its time has perhaps finally come.
  
• The Fishermans Bend line proposals are interesting. They follow a different route from earlier proposals - joining the system via Clarendon St rather than a bridge over the Yarra to Docklands.  The much promised connector along Park St South Melbourne appears again.++++
  
• Chadstone and Monash come up again.  Last time it was sunk because the state government wanted trams and the Feds wanted a train.

Mal Rowe - not expecting early action