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                    City projects

                    City of Melbourne has oversight of many of the major infrastructure projects transforming the city such as Metro Tunnel and the Queen Victoria Market Precinct Renewal Program.

                    ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​We also have direct responsibility for the design and delivery of an annual capital works portfolio with a total value of approximately $280 million per annum. 

                    Below you can find information on a range of projects currently taking place in the city.

                    Current and upcoming projects

                    • New bike lanes

                      ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​As part of our Transport Strategy 2030, City of Melbourne is delivering a program of protected bike lanes and pedestrian improvements across the municipality. 
                    • Pavilions in Royal Park

                      City of Melbourne is upgrading Western, Brens and Ryder pavilions in Royal Park to provide accessible change facilities and more room for the growing demand in community sport, particularly the growth in female participation.
                    • Princes Bridge restoration

                      Built in 1888 as a gateway into Melbourne’s central city, Princes Bridge remains one of the Yarra River – Birrarung’s most iconic crossings. City of Melbourne is restoring the bridge to ensure it can continue to support residents, workers and visitors into the future.
                    • Queen Victoria Market Precinct Renewal

                      Through the renewal of the Queen Victoria Market and surrounding precinct, we are restoring the market’s heritage while delivering modern facilities to make the market work better for traders, customers and visitors, and revitalising this growing part of the city.
                    • Seafarers Rest Park

                      City of Melbourne is working in partnership with the Victorian Government and private property developer Riverlee, to create a new public park at Seafarers Rest in Docklands.
                    • Security upgrades at the Shrine of Remembrance

                      ​City of Melbourne and the Shrine of Remembrance are making landscape and security improvements at one of Melbourne’s most iconic landmarks. 
                    • Southbank Promenade upgrade

                      City of Melbourne’s works to create a wider, safer and more accessible Southbank Promenade between Princes Bridge and Evan Walker Bridge are now complete.
                    • Southbank's urban forest

                      A healthy urban forest plays a critical role in maintaining the health and liveability of Melbourne, by cooling the city, supporting the health and wellbeing of urban dwellers, and providing habitat for native birds and pollinators.
                    • Transforming Southbank Boulevard

                      We've delivered an ambitious project to create five new public spaces and neighbourhood parks along Southbank Boulevard for the people of Southbank, Melbourne's most densely populated suburb. The project also includes new trees and 1.1 km of new bike lanes.
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