A rail line to Doncaster
The Victorian Government's proposed underground rail link will connect suburbs from Cheltenham to Werribee.
The Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) includes a Doncaster Station. However construction may be over ten years away.
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… Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) Find out what we're doing to advocate for the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) project to include a station at …
We are advocating for the Doncaster Station footprint to be set aside as part of Stage 1, to allow for planning of the Doncaster Hill precinct. For an express bus service that mirrors the Suburban Rail Loop Alignment. Providing a public transport connection to key education, healthcare and employment precincts.
Why do we need a rail line to Doncaster?
Over 125,000 people in our community will benefit from a Doncaster Station. Currently our only public transport option is an over-crowded bus network that is often delayed by traffic congestion.
With Doncaster Hill’s population and traffic continuing to grow, we are urging the Victorian Government to include a Doncaster Station in stage two of the SRL and secure a location for the train station now.
Manningham is the only municipality without a tram or train line.
Car ownership per household is considerably high and daily public transport use for employment purposes is below the metropolitan average.
Our bus system is buckling under pressure to provide enough services and meet capacity for our growing city.
Doncaster Station not part of stage one construction
We are strongly advocating to the Victorian Government to include Doncaster Station in Stage two of the SRL.
We are working with stakeholders and the SRL Authority to secure a site location for the future train station.
What’s next?
We will continue to work with the Suburban Rail Loop Authority and the Department of Transport to advocate for improved public transport services to Manningham.
We want
- fewer roads
- more public transport options for our community
- a railway station to Doncaster
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We advocate for you
Advocacy is an important way for us to provide a voice for the community on issues that matter. This is an essential role of local government.
We are advocating to influence state and federal governments to fund important priority projects around planning, transport, infrastructure and services.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Manningham is the only municipality in metropolitan Melbourne not serviced by either a tram or train. Therefore, our buses are crucial to how our residents move around.
The Doncaster corridor Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) proposal is Council's public transport priority, as it can provide Manningham residents with a direct mass transit public transport connection to the CBD at a cost-effective and shorter timeframe.
Jumping Creek Road in Wonga Park
Jumping Creek Road Wonga Park is in a unique and environmentally sensitive area. The road is being upgraded to improve safety for all users, including motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, whilst also protecting our wildlife and vegetation.
The works are expected to cost up to $21 million over the project life. This is a significant burden for the Manningham community, and we seek contributions from all levels of government to enable this project to proceed.
5 Ways intersection
5 Ways is a complex staggered intersection on State controlled arterial roads in Warrandyte South that experiences significant congestion and has a poor safety performance.
This intersection experiences significant congestion and has a poor safety performance, with one serious injury, and five other injury crashes in the past five years.
Other advocacy issues
The North East Link project
The North East Link is Victoria's largest road project. The needs of our community and surrounding environment must be considered, before, during and after construction.
Suburban Rail Loop
We're advocating for a Doncaster Station to be included in the first phase of construction of the Suburban Rail Loop.
Youth mental health
We are seeking increased local access to youth mental health services in Manningham. We support the delivery of a headspace facility to meet demand and create meaningful impacts.
We welcome the announcement of funding for a service and will continue to advocate for local delivery.
Affordable housing
The Eastern Affordable Housing Alliance (EAHA) is a formal collaboration of six councils working to address the housing affordability crisis in Melbourne’s eastern metro region.
Better public transport
We are seeking accelerated funding by State Government for more bus services to meet growing demand and infrastructure improvements to improve the reliability and frequency of the local bus network. Key to this, is larger capacity buses and more services during peak periods to be provided on the Doncaster Area Rapid Transit (DART) SmartBus network.
We are also advocating for the implementation of a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) connection between the CBD and Doncaster as part of the North East Link Doncaster Busway project.
Doncaster Rail
We will continue to advocate for a heavy rail line between the CBD and Doncaster. We are strongly advocating to ensure that the North East Link project preserves a future alignment for Doncaster Rail, and that the design of the Doncaster Busway is delivered in a manner that allows it to be transitioned to heavy rail, once buses the bus system reaches capacity.
Doncaster Hill public transport infrastructure
Improved transport infrastructure through Doncaster Hill will unlock and complement regional opportunities for improved access to jobs, educational and health facilities and to other community and social services.
Latest news
- Advocacy Factsheet - Springvale Road, between Mitcham and Reynolds Roads, Donvale Duplication and Safety Improvements90.03 KBdownload
… 2, (Oct-Dec 2021) - 36:00 Chief Executive Officer 13.1 Suburban Rail Loop Project Stage 1 Environmental Effects Statement …
Meeting Date: 22 February 2022
Meeting Time: 7.00pm
Location: Council Chamber, Civic Centre 699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
As part of our efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 we have reviewed our Council meeting practices to ensure we provide a safe environment for Councillors, staff and the community. Physical attendance by members of the public at Council meetings is currently not permitted. Council meetings will continue to be live streamed and we encourage you to follow the meeting on our Facebook page (you can view the livestream on our Facebook page even if you don’t have a Facebook account) or website. The live stream is not interactive. Any comments or private messages directed to us while the stream is live will not be presented to Council or have a bearing on the conduct of the meeting.
Other temporary changes to our Council meetings:
Public Question Time – At this time, anyone wanting to ask a question of Council should submit their question via email by 5.00pm on the Monday before the meeting. As you cannot be present in the chamber, your question will be read out at the meeting by the CEO. For more information visit the Council Meeting Procedures page.
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Agenda timestamps
- Presentations - 5:00
- Petitions - 7:00
- Public Question Time 7:00
- Admission of urgent business 19:00
- Planning Permit Applications
9.1 PLN20/0544 at 15 Glendale Avenue, Templestowe - 19:00
9.2 PL17/027403 at 181 Reynolds Road Doncaster East (The Pines) (VCAT reference number P11848/2021) - 24:00 - City Planning and Community
10.1 Planning Scheme Amendment C127mann and Planning Permit Application PLN20/0303 - 674-680 Doncaster Road, 2 Short Stree, and 14, 14A, 16 & 18 Hepburn Road, Doncaster (Doncaster Church of Christ) - Consideration of Panel Report - 29:00
10.2 Endorsement of Nominations for Manningham Youth Advisory Committee - 31:00 - City Services - 36:00
- Experience and Capability
12.1 Manningham Quarterly Report, Quarter 2, (Oct-Dec 2021) - 36:00 - Chief Executive Officer
13.1 Suburban Rail Loop Project Stage 1 Environmental Effects Statement Submission - 42:00
13.2 Appointment of Authorised Officer - Planning and Environment Act 1987 - 47:00
13.3 Informal Meetings of Councillors - 48:00
13.4 Documents for Sealing - 48:00 - Notices of Motion
14.1 Notice of Motion by Cr Stephen Mayne (NOM No. 1/2022) - 48:00 - Urgent Business - 87:00
- Councillor reports and question time - 87:00
- Confidential reports - 97:00
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Location: The ride will take in a loop around Warrandyte, starting and ending at Gospel Carpark, opposite Whipstick Gully Road.
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A new solo exhibition by Deborah White. ...
This exhibition is no longer showing in the Manningham Art Gallery.
Deborah White is a Melbourne-based artist who works across performance-based photography, video and mixed-media installations.
Everlasting Happiness entertains the utopian idea of love as a political concept. The underlying philosophy of this aspiration is to love the most distant. This is not a sentimental notion of love. It is a robust kind of love with a revolutionary power. Viewing the actions of love as a deployment of force, this work intertwines supernatural wonder with the spectacle of war.
The playful and vibrant performance-based video depicts an anarcho-mystic quest battling against the pathology of the post-truth world. Featuring fictitious characters that defy the rational world, the video is infused with flower power, music and animal warriors that open the heart to hope and joy. All the characters are performed by the artist—serving as a self-reflection on the internal struggle to love unconditionally. This work strives for the idealistic desire of a utopian non-place of the imagination. (Sound design is by Jamie Coghill.)
Video still from Everlasting Happiness (2023).
HD digital video, 11:15 mins, 1 or 3 channel, looped, variable dimensions.
Image courtesy of the Artist.
Do you want to know more about local opportunities for people with disability and how to remove barriers to inclusion? Come along to this three part event. ...
We've been advised today that due to a nation-wide shortage, our provider is unable to provide Auslan interpreters for this event. We apologies for any inconvenience.
Are you a person with disability? Are you on the NDIS or not on the NDIS? Perhaps you're a carer, friend, family member, or just interested in disability inclusion?
Do you want to know more about local opportunities for people with disability and how to remove barriers to inclusion?
The expo includes:
- Support services
- Social inclusion
- Arts
- Sport
- Recreation
- Housing
- Education
- Employment
Celebrating International Day of People with Disability, come along to Inclusive Connections.
The expo, in Function Room 1 and 2, starting at 12.00pm
We'll have many service providers for you to connect with. Discover what services and programs are available for people with disability in Manningham.
Speaker program, in Function Room 3 , starting at 12.20pm
There’ll be three live talks and a panel on during the event. Topics include:
- Navigating the NDIS, with Christine Scott from VALID
- An easy guide to the Social Model of Disability, with Mark Glascodine
- Inclusive fashion, with JAM the label
- A panel discussion about barriers and enablers to access and inclusion, with the Manningham Disability Advisory Committee
Art exhibition, in the foyer
Art by world renowned artist with disability, Alan Constable, in the foyer of the Civic Centre. This exhibition will run from 17 November to 17 December.
Plus, don't miss the film screening at Doncaster Library!
After the event, break for some dinner and then come back at 6.30pm to watch the screening of Australian disability advocacy film Defiant Lives, at Doncaster Library!
This is a mask friendly event and includes a quiet space.
If you have any questions, or need to request a language interpreter, please contact us on 9840 9333 or at manningham@manningham.vic.au.
If you need a language interpreter, please request this before 28 November 2022.