Hall Street Design Campaign
The West Gate Tunnel Authority is providing the people of Spotswood in Hobsons Bay with a link to the Federation bike trail and access to a new park at the Stony Creek. This gives Hobsons Bay City Council a once in a lifetime opportunity to redesign Hall Street to create open space for community use, greening an industrial heat sink and increasing safe active transport in the city.
However, along with broken promises of community consultation, Hobsons Bay City Council is choosing a design that prioritises space for parking and gives access to trucks. HBCC’s design will create an even more dangerous intersection at Hudson Rd and will lock out opportunities for greening and community space.
We ask that Hobsons Bay City Council:
- Stop working on a Hall Street design that will endanger pedestrians and cyclists and will lock out opportunities for a better Spotswood;
- Design a Hall St streetscape for people, not for trucks and cars;
- Design a Hall St streetscape that prioritises space for tree planting, not car parking;
- Design a Streetscape for Hall Street that enhances the link to the Stony Creek and the Federation trail.
To do this, we want a design that:
- Stops trucks from using Hall Street;
- Creates a safe pedestrian plaza at Hudsons Road; and
Closes Hall Street north of Simcock Avenue to create a Community Park (as per the Hobsons Bay Open Space Strategy).
- Design a Streetscape for Hall Street that enhances the link to the Stony Creek and the Federation trail.