By Alesha Capone
Wyndham council has outlined a future vision that includes the transformation of Hoppers Crossing, Werribee’s CBD and Williams Landing into “economic hubs” and several new train stations.
The council’s Wyndham Urban Framework Plan, Emerging Options Paper, which will be open for public feedback until July 5, states that the council’s vision is to create “20-minute neighbourhoods” so that residents can live, work and study closer to their homes.
The plan states nearly 65 per cent of Wyndham’s residents travel outside the municipality to work, with a large majority working in Melbourne CBD.
Alongside the urban framework plan, the council has released a plan showing public transport upgrades for which it will seek funding from state and federal governments.
The plan shows “potential” railway stations the council would like to see built at Black Forest Road, Derrimut Road, Browns Road, Werribee Racecourse, Sayers Road, Tarneit West and Truganina.
The plan includes a “potential trackless tram” connecting the Derrimut Road station to the existing Tarneit station.
The trackless tram would travel close to the existing Hoppers Crossing station, the proposed East Werribee precinct of the Werribee National Employment and Innovation Cluster, through Williams Landing and past Point Cook Town Centre.
The plan also features a future rail linkage between the Black Forest and Browns roads and Werribee Racecourse stations and the existing Werribee station.
Werribee council’s city economy, innovation and liveability director Peter McKinnon said the council was “actively planning to grow the economy to cater for the expanding population”.
The urban framework plan document states that in 2011, Wyndham residents took about 650,000 daily trips out of home, with this number predicted to reach a 1.3 million trips a day by 2036.
See theloop.wyndham.vic.gov.au/urbanplan to provide feedback on the
Urban Framework Plan, Emerging Options Paper.
