Montague Background_Paper.pdf - City of Port Phillip

3.0 Urban context
Montague is well located, being only 2.5
km from the Melbourne CBD and three
stops on the light rail.
The Precinct is located south of the Yarra River and
M1 / West Gate Freeway, south west of the CBD,
Docklands and Southbank, east of the Foreshore and
Port Melbourne and northwest of South Melbourne
Central.
• Montague is strategically located within the
context of higher density residential
development including Port Melbourne Mixed
Use Zone (south end of Bay Street), Docklands
and City Road/Southbank.
• The Precinct has immediate proximity to
Fishermans Bend Industrial Precinct, Port
Melbourne.
Key aspects of Montague and the surrounding
strategic context, as identified in Figure 4, include:
• Montague is located approximately 2.5 km from
Melbourne CBD by foot, bicycle or car and three
stops on the light rail.
• Montague is located within one km of the South
Melbourne Major Activity Centre (MAC) and
one km from the Port Melbourne MAC.
• Montague benefits from excellent public
transport accessibility, with the Light Rail Tram
Routes 109 and 96, providing direct access to
Melbourne CBD, Station Pier and St Kilda.
• Montague is well connected to the wider
metropolitan area by road, including direct
access to the M1 /West Gate Freeway and the
arterial road network.
• Montague is located within easy walking distance
of a range of facilities including South Wharf, the
South Melbourne Market and Port Melbourne.
• Montague has great proximity to the Foreshore,
the Yarra River, the Domain and sporting
Precincts.
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