armstrong creek urban growth plan volume 1 - City of Greater Geelong

P 8.5 Additional local specialised bus services should be provided to cater
for special needs, such as “night rider” and community buses.
P 8.6 Public transport services should be provided at the outset of
development.
P 8.7 A comprehensive pedestrian and bicycle path network should be
provided, integrated with existing and proposed external municipal
bicycle network links along Surf Coast Highway (Torquay Road), Mt
Duneed Road, Barwon Heads Road, Horseshoe Bend Road and
Boundary Road.
P 8.8 New pedestrian bridges should be provided across the existing railway
line and proposed east-west link road (see below) at:
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Rossack Drive;
Bieske Road; and
the western end of Bickford Road.
P 8.9 A network of connector streets should be provided across the growth
area spaced approximately 800 metres apart and aligned to provide
convenient access to the activity centres, as shown in Figure 4.8.1. In
accordance with Clause 56 of the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme,
these streets should have:
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one traffic lane in each direction;
generous footpaths on both sides;
shared or dedicated cycle paths on both sides;
kerbside parking on both sides; and
development frontages on both sides.
P 8.10 The local street network should be highly inter-connected, in
accordance with Clause 56 of the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme,
with most local streets connected at both ends.
P 8.11 A new link road (the “east-west link road”) should be provided linking
Anglesea Road (the Geelong Ring Road) with the Bellarine Highway,
broadly on the alignment shown in the Framework Plan in Section 3.1.
P 8.12 Provision should be maintained for Barwon Heads Road to be
widened to two lanes in each direction.
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