St Kilda Foreshore Promenade

Overview

The St Kilda Foreshore Promenade is a significant urban design project within the City if Port Phillip's St Kilda's Edge program. The project involves the reconstruction and upgrade of the existing foreshore promenade between St Kilda Pier and Brookes Jetty.

The design for the St Kilda Foreshore Promenade has been prepared by Jackson Clements Burrowsand Site Office in collaboration with the City of Port Phillip.

The old promenade was tired, too narrow and no longer able to support the demands of increasing numbers of visitors to the city. The objective of the project is to renew the ageing infrastructure in order to improve accessibility and support a more diverse and sustainable use of the foreshore.

Ranging in width, from 8 to 14 meters the new promenade will comfortably support pedestrians, cyclists and all other visitors in a shared environment. Commuter cyclists will be encouraged to utilise proposed dedicated on- road bike lanes along Jacka Boulevard. By increasing the available space and making visitors aware that they are sharing the promenade, conflicts between the varied users will be minimised.

The project will involve the creation of a new modular pre cast concrete seawall, the installation of concrete and pre cast unit pavements, a timber boardwalk and contoured timber structures, custom designed beach showers and drinking fountains and over ninety new established trees to provide shade during summer.

The works commenced in April 2007 and will be implemented in six stages, expected to be completed by August 2008 at a cost of AUS $ 7.7 M.

Download the Consultation Plan to access design documents.

Six stages of project construction

Stage 1 SeaBaths: April to December 2007 (Complete)

Stage 2 Stokehouse & Donovans: June to December 2007 (Complete)

Stage 3 Triangle Entry: July 07 to April 2008

Stage 4 Pier Entry: February to July 2008

Stage 5 Brooks Jetty: March to August 2008

Stage 6 Timber Fringe: October 2007 to August 2008

SKE construction staging plan

2Construct 

2Construct www.2construct.com.au have been appointed to undertake construction on behalf of the City of Port Phillip, bringing with them a wealth of knowledge and experience. They have previously been involved in The Hub and Grand Plaza at Docklands, Bali Memorial at Lincoln Square Carlton and Port Phillip specialist school performing arts centre. The jewel in their crown being Argyle Square Piazza, Carlton for the City of Melbourne, for which they won the Master Builders Association of Victoria award for excellence in stonemasonary.

Extreme makeover in progress!

Lets face it, the works are inconvenient for everyone accessing the foreshore. Where possible the works have been programmed during the quietest times of the year to minimise the impact on locals, visitors and traders. Council's aim is to complete each of the six stages and progressively re-open them for public use as soon as possible. To date two stages have been completed with stage 3 (Triangle Entry) winding up in April 2008.

Remember, its business as usual for the SeaBaths and other traders along the foreshore, so don't hesitate to drop in for your coffee, workout or massage and get a sneak preview of whats to come. Large plans explaining the design are in display in the SeaBaths walkway and in the Amello courtyard.

Monthly updates

Foreshore Ed 1(27/4/07)

SKE construction update 30-05-07

SKE construction update 12-07-07

SKE construction update 30-08-07

SKE construction update 02-11-07

SKE construction update 30-08-07

A shared zone for all users

The St Kilda Foreshore Promenade is unique in that it is both a destination and a major bicycle route along the foreshore. In most circumstances delineated (separated) pedestrian and bicycle paths work well and minimise conflict between users.

However, at St Kilda there are a huge number of pedestrians and cyclists which cross the path at right angles as they access the beach or move between restaurants, cafes and the pedestrian path. Under these circumstances the delineated path system breaks down and results in more conflicts and accidents.

International precedents which were studied as part of the design for the St Kilda Foreshore Promenade identified that the current 'best practice' under these circumstances is to create shared spaces with minimal signage where pedestrians, cyclists and skaters are aware of sharing the path with other users and modify their behaviour accordingly. The new promenade has an extremely generous width (up to 14 m) which provides ample space for cyclists and pedestrians to sight and navigate around each other without conflict.

In addition to this, the Foreshore Connections project has will provide safe dedicated on-road bicycle lanes on Jacka Bvd to provide the most efficient route for commuter and training cyclists. This reduction in faster bicycle traffic, along with the design of the promenade aims to discourage cyclists from travelling at speed along the foreshore path between Brookes Jetty/ Shakespeare Grove and Cowderoy St.

The City of Port Phillip will be monitoring incidents over coming years to determine whether this new strategy has been successful. Early feedback has been extremely positive.

Hours of work

Contractors will begin work at 7am to 5pm Monday to Friday. 

Pier Road interim works

Stage one is now complete, with the pavilion at the pier's entry being removed. The Mirka Mora mosaic, will remain in its current location, covered for protection during construction. The areas around the mosaic have been resurfaced to improve pedestrian , blader and cyclist access, whilst maintaining slow vehicular movement. Pier road is closed to through traffic from the Seabaths to the North entrance of the Yacht Squadron. New kerb extensions have been planted with salt tolerant and native plants.

Community consultation

The St Kilda Foreshore Promenade project is the culmination of extensive community consultation over the past 5 years. The project is one of the objectives of the 'St Kilda Urban Design Framework' which proposes the strategic plan for the sustainable development and management of the St Kilda Foreshore.

Foreshore Connections Program

Improving access to adjoining road connections and open spaces will be facilitated through the St Kilda Foreshore Connections group of projects. The Foreshore Connections program includes pedestrian and cyclist connections to the end of Fitzroy Street, an on road cyclist lane on Beaconsfield Parade and Jacka Boulevard, a raised platform tram stop adjacent to Cleve Gardens and off road bike lanes up the Northern side of Fitzroy Street, linking into the Albert Park track.

For more information

Fore further information relating to this project, please contact Adam Nitchke, Project Manager Landscape and Urban Design 9209 6687 or anitschk@portphillip.vic.gov.au

Also refer to the St Kilda Foreshore Promenade media release.

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