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The Industrial 1 zoned land bounded by Station Street, Harper Road, Princes Highway,
School Road and the railway line south to North Shore Station is common to the Corio
Norlane Structure Plan and the Geelong Port Structure Plan 2007.
The Geelong Port Structure Plan directions relevant to the port land within the study
area include:
• Maintain land forming part of the Shell refinery (west of the rail line) as a
landscaped buffer area having regard to the sensitive residential land uses west
of the Princes Highway and the role of the highway as the main gateway to
Geelong.
• Consider rezoning the ‘industrial interface land’ south of St Georges Road
between Station Street and the railway line to Industrial 3 to better protect
residents abutting this area without limiting the core activities of the Port.
• Consider rezoning the industrial interface land not used for port related uses
west of Seabreeze Parade from Industrial 2 Zone to Industrial 3 Zone to better
protect residents abutting this area without limiting the core activities of the Port.
• Investigate options to improve safety and function of the intersection of North
Shore Road and Station Street.
The Geelong Port Structure Plan was prepared by Council in parallel with a wider
Victorian Government strategic framework for the future development and operation of
the state’s transport system. This framework includes the Victorian Transport Plan (VTP)
and Freight Futures – Victorian Freight Network Strategy, as well as port related policies
and strategies in Port Futures.
In this context, GeelongPort and the Department of Transport have prepared the Port of
Geelong – Port Land Use Strategy 2009 which is complimentary with the Geelong Port
Structure Plan and also includes land common to the study area.
Figure 19 shows the strategic land use plan from the Port of Geelong – Port Land Use
Strategy (PLUS) 2009.
7.5.5 Lara Intermodal Freight Activity Centre
A 774 ha property between Lara and Little River opposite Avalon airport has been
identified as a potential site for an intermodal freight interchange.
A report by Meyricks-GHD (2007) identifies the need for an intermodal freight terminal in
the Geelong region and confirms the Lara site as the preferred location.
The site is in a strategic location with the Princes Freeway and Avalon Airport directly to
the south; the Port of Geelong 10 km away by road and rail and the Port of Melbourne
41 km away by rail. The site has an interface with the existing rail lines between
Melbourne and Geelong and road frontage to Old Melbourne Road.
The long term vision is for the combination of an intermodal freight terminal, freight and
logistics hub support services and industrial uses.
The facility would allow the modal interchange of freight. This interchange could occur
between rail users of different rail gauges; rail users to road users and vice versa; and
between road users of different types, for example, the transfer of freight from large B-
doubles or road trains originating from regional or interstate destinations to smaller
trucks with final destinations in metropolitan Melbourne or Geelong.
A planning scheme amendment (C175) proposes to rezone the site from the Farming
Zone to a Special Use Zone.
Corio Norlane Structure Plan
Background Report - 99 - Final - March 2011