All Melbourne Metro stations would be fully compliant with the Disability with specific consideration being given to disability Discrimination Act 1992, access for Parkville station, including high capacity lifts at each station entrance. DDA-compliant tram superstops would be provided in Royal Parade and St Kilda Road. Once operational, the new stations would also provide opportunities for the relevant Councils to invest in pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure to encourage people to walk or ride to the stations as part of their journeys. Social benefits Melbourne Metro would deliver a large social benefit to the wider community as it would increase the capacity of the metropolitan transport network to cater for the anticipated growth in travel demand. This would enable people to continue to access jobs, education, services and valued places across Melbourne as the city grows. Other potential social benefits provided by the project include: Improved access to wider Melbourne for the communities hosting new train stations Increased residential development opportunities and greater housing options in established urban areas Opportunities to reinvigorate adjacent to the new stations Better access to growing employment areas, such as the CBD, Parkville, Monash, Sunshine and Footscray Improved access to facilities such as hospitals and universities and valued places such as the Shrine of Remembrance and the Domain Parklands. Business benefits The accessibility improvements delivered by Melbourne Metro would have significant implications for business activity in the expanded central Melbourne and surrounds. Businesses would be able to locate outside the CBD, but still have ready access to the benefits it provides. They would have better access to customers, suppliers and professional services. Businesses benefit from new retail and commercial development opportunities that would be created through higher density residential development in and around train stations and well-connected activity centres.
All Melbourne Metro stations would be fully compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992, with specific consideration being given to disability access for Parkville station, including high capacity lifts at each station entrance. DDA-compliant tram superstops would be provided in Royal Parade and St Kilda Road. Once operational, the new stations would also provide opportunities for the relevant Councils to invest in pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure to encourage people to walk or ride to the stations as part of their journeys. Social benefits Melbourne Metro would deliver a large social benefit to the wider community as it would increase the capacity of the metropolitan transport network to cater for the anticipated growth in travel demand. This would enable people to continue to access jobs, education, services and valued places across Melbourne as the city grows. Other potential social benefits provided by the project include: Improved access to wider Melbourne for the communities hosting new train stations Increased residential development opportunities and greater housing options in established urban areas Opportunities to reinvigorate adjacent to the new stations Better access to growing employment areas, such as the CBD, Parkville, Monash, Sunshine and Footscray Improved access to facilities such as hospitals and universities and valued places such as the Shrine of Remembrance and the Domain Parklands. Business benefits The accessibility improvements delivered by Melbourne Metro would have significant implications for business activity in the expanded central Melbourne and surrounds. Businesses would be able to locate outside the CBD, but still have ready access to the benefits it provides. They would have better access to customers, suppliers and professional services. Businesses benefit from new retail and commercial development opportunities that would be created through higher density residential development in and around train stations and well-connected activity centres.
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