The Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel Project
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GAMUT and the Department of Transport Forum:
The Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel Project: What do the new stations mean for our city?
Venue: City of Melbourne Bowls Club, Flagstaff Gardens
Date: Thursday 2 September 2010
Start: 3.30 – 5.45 pm followed by drinks
As part of the $38 billion Victorian Transport Plan, the Victorian Government has embarked on a program to create a Metro-style rail system in Melbourne.
The Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel Project is a new rail tunnel that will run between Dynon in the west to St Kilda Road, intersecting the CBD.
The project will provide a generational step up in capacity to serve Melbourne’s rapidly growing northern and western suburbs. A key feature of the proposed scheme is five new underground rail stations which create new possibilities for the integration of public transport and surrounding development.
This forum will bring together a group of experts and practitioners to consider the proposal from employment, design, passenger and planning perspectives. The forum will discuss whether the proposed station locations are the right ones and the vision for how these future stations will help to shape the urban fabric of Melbourne.
Program
3.30 - 4.00pm |
Pre-forum tea and coffee; viewing of Project maps |
4.00 - 4.05pm |
Welcome: Professor Bill Russell (Co-Director of GAMUT) |
4.05 – 4.10pm |
Overseas Metros Presentation: Professor Nick Low(Co-Director of GAMUT) |
4.10 - 4.30pm |
Project Overview: Ms. Adele McCarthy (Deputy Project Leader, Melbourne Metro Rail Tunnel, Department of Transport) |
4.30 - 4.40pm |
Economic and Employment Impacts: Mr. Julian Szafraniec (Senior Consultant, SGS Economic and Planning Pty Ltd) |
4.40 – 4.50pm |
Redevelopment potential/MCC’s view of the Project: Mr. Richard Smithers (Melbourne City Council) |
4.50 – 5.00pm |
How does Melbourne balance the aspects of Function, Form and Character? - Urban Design of Metro Projects around the World: Mr. Keith Brewis (Grimshaw Architects) |
5.00 – 5.45pm |
Discussion and questions from the floor |
5.45pm |
Close: Professor Bill Russell followed by refreshments |