At the 16 July 2024 Council Meeting, Council resolved to lodge its Submission about the Albion Quarter Discussion Paper with the Department of Transport and Planning and send copies to the Hon. Natalie Suleyman MP, Member for St Albans and Sarah Connolly MP, Member for Laverton.
The Albion Quarter Discussion Paper was prepared by the Department of Transport and Planning and refers to the area surrounding Albion Station extending to the four quarters either side of the railway station and north of Ballarat Road. It covers areas within the suburbs of Albion, Sunshine North and Sunshine, and “presents a transformational opportunity to revitalise employment uses, provide complementary residential uses and better integrate the area with the rebuilt Albion Station.”
Council’s Submission explores what Council has identified as four key opportunities for development of the area, which intersect with the principles and emerging ideas outlined in the Discussion Paper.
The four key opportunities are:
1. A whole-of-precinct approach that provides space to grow jobs of the future.
2. Create a high quality, interconnected public realm that focuses on walking, cycling and amenity.
3. Support easy and efficient access and mobility across the Sunshine Precinct.
4. Build a contemporary Sunshine Precinct with a variety of building types, scales, and densities.
Council also noted that that the Victorian Government announcement of infrastructure investment changes in the May 2024 State Budget impacts the Sunshine Precinct, and that it will continue to advocate for infrastructure investment in line with the Brimbank Advocacy Plan 2023-25.
You can download the Submission to the Albion Quarter Discussion Paper here.
