Gorge Road shopping precinct streetscape upgrade

The City of Whittlesea has upgraded the streetscape and parking along Gorge Road to make your visit to the shops safer and more convenient.

• Construction of a raised pedestrian zebra crossing over Reid Street to provide safe access to shop fronts.
• Improved street lighting at the Reid Street and Gorge Road intersection.
• An expanded outdoor dining and trading area, with seating, dining tables, bins and bike racks.
• Sustainable and innovative garden beds passively irrigated by rainwater and street runoff, featuring:

• Eight new trees to enhance canopy cover and create shaded areas in front of the shops
• Understory plants in the garden beds to add greenery and biodiversity.

Yes, businesses at the Gorge Road Shopping Centre were open and operating as usual.

Changing the parking at the front of the shops from angled to parallel parking will stop people doing illegal turns into the parking bays and increase road user safety. The decrease in parking at the front is balanced by the future upgrades to the gravel car park at the back, increasing spaces available at the rear of the complex.

The construction budget is confirmed for the 2024-25 financial year for the Reid Street car park and Reid Street park and playground. To avoid too many interruptions to residents and traders, the full car park will be upgraded after the Gorge Road streetscape.

Council anticipates being able to appoint a contractor for the car park project in June 2025, with work to being shortly after.

The City of Whittlesea has received $425,000 from the Growing Suburbs Fund towards the Gorge Road shopping precinct streetscape upgrade.

For more information about this project, please email capital.delivery@whittlesea.vic.gov.au