While some of the options to meet this need are targeted to specific areas, such as rail extensions, many options are common across all high growth areas, such as improvements to the coordination and sequencing of infrastructure. There are also several options here related to changes in the planning controls. These interventions would seek to better manage where residential development occurs to align it with either planned or existing infrastructure. Our preliminary assessment of the contribution rating to address this need has considered the extent to which the option would: reduce the gap between infrastructure and services available to people in areas and what they need; and reduce the distance people need to travel to access core infrastructure, such as schools, public transport and health and social services. Of the 25 that we have considered, 12 have undergone our two stage assessment and are presented below. Options to address infrastructure demands in high growth areas Better use Centralised planning scheme (CPS1) Deliver a centralised planning scheme – with aligned governance that is controlled and delivered by a central authority. Growth area bus service expansion (LBS) Provide 20 minute local bus – services in growth areas. Implement minimum local bus service levels of 20 minute frequency, seven days a week, from at least 6am to 9pm. Subregional infrastructure planning (SIP) Formalise and simplify a – subregional infrastructure planning process. This would bring together (when and where required) three levels of government to jointly plan for infrastructure. Urban development in established areas (UDC) Apply residential or other – zoning that can facilitate greater residential development in specific areas where there is existing or planned infrastructure. New and expanded assets Access to services through technology and ICT (AST) Provide the ICT – infrastructure necessary to support people to access online services. Arterial road network employment centre enhancements (ARN) Improve – the road network surrounding employment centres to meet growing demand, such as the Westall Road extension from Princes Highway to Monash Freeway, which aims to improve connectivity and support the Monash employment centre. Clyde rail extension (CRE) Extend the metropolitan rail network to Clyde from – the current terminus at Cranbourne in Melbourne’s south-east. Extend the electrified suburban rail network Melton rail electrification (MRE1) – from Sunshine to Melton, including the quadruplication of tracks between
While some of the options to meet this need are targeted to specific areas, such as rail extensions, many options are common across all high growth areas, such as improvements to the coordination and sequencing of infrastructure. There are also several options here related to changes in the planning controls. These interventions would seek to better manage where residential development occurs to align it with either planned or existing infrastructure. Our preliminary assessment of the contribution rating to address this need has considered the extent to which the option would: reduce the gap between infrastructure and services available to people in areas and what they need; and reduce the distance people need to travel to access core infrastructure, such as schools, public transport and health and social services. Of the 25 that we have considered, 12 have undergone our two stage assessment and are presented below. Options to address infrastructure demands in high growth areas Better use Centralised planning scheme (CPS1) – Deliver a centralised planning scheme with aligned governance that is controlled and delivered by a central authority. Growth area bus service expansion (LBS) – Provide 20 minute local bus services in growth areas. Implement minimum local bus service levels of 20 minute frequency, seven days a week, from at least 6am to 9pm. Subregional infrastructure planning (SIP) – Formalise and simplify a subregional infrastructure planning process. This would bring together (when and where required) three levels of government to jointly plan for infrastructure. Urban development in established areas (UDC) – Apply residential or other zoning that can facilitate greater residential development in specific areas where there is existing or planned infrastructure. New and expanded assets Access to services through technology and ICT (AST) – Provide the ICT infrastructure necessary to support people to access online services. Arterial road network employment centre enhancements (ARN) – Improve the road network surrounding employment centres to meet growing demand, such as the Westall Road extension from Princes Highway to Monash Freeway, which aims to improve connectivity and support the Monash employment centre. Clyde rail extension (CRE) – Extend the metropolitan rail network to Clyde from the current terminus at Cranbourne in Melbourne’s south-east. Melton rail electrification (MRE1) – Extend the electrified suburban rail network from Sunshine to Melton, including the quadruplication of tracks between
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