YARRA PARK MASTER PLAN - Melbourne Cricket Ground

YARRA PARK MASTER PLAN 19
JOLIMONT STATION FORECOURT
•Upgrade Station Forecourt
•Enhance heritage character
WATER RECYCLING FACILITY
•Provision of long term sustainable water supply
underpins reinvigoration of trees, avenues & grass
•Underground plant with grass over
JOLIMONT STREET BUS DROP OFF
•Upgrade bus & taxi drop-off area
WELLINGTON PARADE SOUTH
JOLIMONT STREET
JOLIMONT TERRACE
PAVILLION WALK
MCC MEMBERS
MCC AVENUE
JOLIMONT STATION
MARATHON WAY
OLYMPIC PROMENADE
OLYMPIC STAND
NATIONAL SPORT MUSEUM
WELLINGTON PARADE
QUEEN’S WALK QUEEN’S WALK
POLICE PADDOCK LANE
VALE STREET
NORTHERN BUFFER PLANTING
•Indigenous tree & plant species
New BBQ shelter & picnic tables
PLAY AREA UPGRADE
•New play area with ‘sporting theme’ for children of
all abilities
•New BBQ shelter & picnic tables
REINFORCE AVENUES
•Reinforce avenue planting
•Commence program for avenue tree replacement
LINEAR AVENUE MULCHED BED
•Protect & delineate all avenues with crisp linear
muched beds
GRASS AREAS
Grass open spaces to be upgraded:
•Soil preparation, positive drainage, topsoil profile,
hardy grass species, irrigation system, rest rotate
usage
MARATHON WAY
BRUNTON AVENUE
NEW PATH LINK
BILL WOODFULL GATE
WILLIAM BARAK PLAZA
•Upgrade plaza node at Birramung Marr
footbridge node
PONSFORD STAND
MCG
PROTECT SCARRED TREES
•Upgrade surrounds
DON BRADMAN GATE
AFL WAY
NEW PEDESTRIAN PATH LINK
•New pedestrian avenue
SOUTH CONCOURSE
•Upgrade concourse with ‘Parade of Champions’
bronze sculptures at key locations
AFL RESERVE ENTRY
TURF WICKET PREPARATION
•Viewing area & interpretation
BRUNTON AVENUE DROP-OFF
•Access for taxis, the elderly, access
for those less ambulant
PUNT ROAD
GREAT SOUTHERN STAND PLAZA
•Gathering place
•Charcoal concrete with Bluestone trim
/ highlights
BRUNTON AVENUE
RICHMOND
CRICKET GROUND
YARRA PARK MASTER PLAN
NEW PARK IDENTIFICATION
SIGNAGE

YARRA PARK MASTER PLAN
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9.0
MASTER PLAN OVERVIEW
Establish a program for upgrade of grass surfaces, including installation
of drainage, soil replenishment and automatic irrigation.
Recognise and implement the recommendations of the Cultural
Heritage Management Plan and inform the community through an
interpretation signage program.
Enhance the protection of heritage elements, including the scarred
trees, and identified aboriginal cultural sites, and improve information
and interpretation communication.
Introduction of an underground black-water (effluent) treatment plant
on-site, drawing from Wellington Parade South, for treatment and
recycling of waste-water, for irrigation use. Recycled water to be
combined with harvested MCG storm water. Yarra Park, the MCG and
Punt Road Oval grassed surfaces to be irrigated.
Enhancement of the tree lined pedestrian avenues.
Continued use of Elm trees, Ulmus spp. as the main avenue theme
tree.
Prepare and implement a plan for management of event car parking,
to reduce and minimise impact on grass surfaces and trees, and the
overall park environment, and users.
Establish a program and strategy for upgrade of site furniture, within
the established framework of the generally adopted use of the well
designed City of Melbourne street and park furniture.
Preparation of a detailed management plan, and prioritised program
for replacement planting of avenue trees. Avenue trees to be replaced
in whole sections, of triangular open space runs, over a 20-year
program.
Recent infill planting of isolated landmark, native indigenous trees, to
be reviewed, and the adhoc placement to be checked.
9.01 THE YARRA PARK MASTER PLAN VISION
The vision for Yarra Park is to enhance and reinvigorate the existing
attractive landscape qualities, as a sustainable and multi-use resource
for the future – befitting its role as one of the major public open spaces
within Melbourne’s renowned suite of inner city parks and gardens; and
as a key component of Melbourne’s high quality Sports and Entertainment
Precinct, with the MCG at its ‘heart’.
Establish a strategy for upgrade of site signage, including identification
signage, way finding signage, and information and interpretive
signage.
Improve, where possible, the criss-cross network of pedestrian
footpaths, and recognise the broader community linkages, including
shared use for bicycles, with an upgrade of bicycle facilities.
Protection and delineation of the avenues, with crisp linear mulched
beds.
Grassed open spaces to be enhanced with soil preparation, positive
drainage, top soil adjustments with sandy soil profile, new hardy grass
species established, and irrigation system provided. Areas are also to
be rested, and reinstated; and managed on a with rotated use basis.
9.02 KEY OBJECTIVES
The key objectives to support the Yarra Park Master Plan include:
Compliment existing storm water harvesting on site, by establishing a
sustainable water supply to underpin this Master Plan upgrade.
Reinvigorate the park and improve the health of existing trees and
grass surfaces.
Establish a program for tree and avenue renewal. Protect and enhance
the ‘overlay’ of remnant indigenous vegetation – the important remnant
River Red Gum Woodland.
Encourage the broad range of multi-uses of the parkland and upgrade
community facilities, including picnic, playground and passive
recreation facilities.
Ensure where possible that site improvements and ongoing
management activities maintain an environment which is safe and
pleasurable for all site users to enjoy, now and for the future.
9.03 KEY IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS
The main strategies and actions to achieve the vision and objectives of
the Yarra Park Master Plan include:
Event car parking to be maintained for the medium term. Parking
numbers for event car parking on grassed areas to be reduced from
5,000-6,000 to or below, 4,500. New management plan for event car
parking to be prepared.
Yarra Park entries, and park identification, to be enhanced at all of the
key entries, including Punt Road corner, Punt Road east side of park,
Wellington Parade South (Gate 3), and the Jolimont Street/Brunton
Avenue corner.
Great Southern Stand forecourt plaza to be upgraded, with a vehicle
drop off in Brunton Avenue, for taxis and buses; for the elderly; and
access for the disabled.
Concourse to be upgraded, with ‘Parade of Champion’ sculptures
gradually extended in key strategic focal locations, especially around
the south concourse.
New play elements to incorporate a sporting theme, with new
playground for children of all abilities.
North boundary buffer planting to be replaced, using local
indigenous River Red Gum woodland plant species association.
Site furniture, signage and lighting to be upgraded and replaced
on an ongoing basis, using City of Melbourne suite of furniture.
Jolimont Street bus drop-off area to be upgraded.
Jolimont Station forecourt to be upgraded, with heritage character
enhanced.
New turf wicket facility behind Richmond Cricket Ground to be
developed for visitor viewing and interpretation, with new diagonal
tree-lined pathway.
Commission a recreation consultant to undertake a review of the
broad range of both unstructured passive recreation activities,
together with other semi-organised and organised recreational
uses, so that the requirements for these uses can be determined
and balanced against the mix of user needs.
Develop Yarra Park KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators)
MCC members/National Sports Museum forecourt plaza to be
upgraded. Storm water bioswales to be introduced.