Gorge Road shopping precinct streetscape upgrade

City of Whittlesea is upgrading the streetscape and parking along Gorge Road to make your visit to the strip shops safer and more convenient, after extensive community consultation.

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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 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 construction.

Construction of the Gorge Road streetscape is set to begin in late 2024. These works will include the shopfront footpath improvements.

The City of Whittlesea has received $425,000 from the Growing Suburbs Fund towards this upgrade.