Incorporated Plan: Queenscliff Ferry Terminal Implementation Plan 2010

ID Category Description

1 BUS STOP AND TAXI

RANK

- Improve set down and pick up area for all vehicles, including public

transport and taxis.

- This area will include a new bus stop (alternative bus stop at Wharf

Street roundabout during busy periods).

2 GROUP ASSEMBLY

AREA

- To provide an extra area for passengers during busy school and public

holiday periods.

- To provide for management of school and tour groups.

- To provide for management of large groups such as Around the Bay

bike ride.

- To provide a set down area for buses and taxis

- Provide an area for foot passengers to sit and rest.

- Provide potential for a sheltered / covered area to protect foot-

passengers from the weather. The design of the shelter is to consider

and respond to criteria for the use and development of coastal Crown

Land and the siting and design guidelines relevant to a Coastal

Management Act consent.

- Not to be used for passenger or staff car parking.

- Clearly delineate potential loading bay.

3 CAR PARKING AND

LANDSCAPING

- Expand car parking area for ferry passengers and provide landscaping

to improve the visual amenity of the area.

4 VEHICLE FERRY

BOARDING LANES

- Improve vehicle access from the roundabout to the vehicle ticket office.

Provide for vehicle queuing and inspection of vehicles.

5 ACCESS LANE TO

PASSENGER

TERMINAL

- Improve access from the roundabout to the Ferry Passenger Terminal

for emergency and service vehicles, and public transport by providing

an inbound lane that is separate to the Vehicle Ferry Boarding Lanes

(ID4).

5A INTERNAL

CIRCULATION LANES

- Improve access and circulation within the Ferry Terminal and Car

Parking area.

6 FERRY TERMINAL EXIT

LANES

- Improve egress from Ferry to roundabout for all vehicles, including

cyclists.

7 DIRECTIONAL

SIGNAGE

- Improve directional signage that directs drivers into either the ferry

boarding lanes or car park and passenger terminal.

8 SECURITY FENCING

(EXISTING)

- Provide for security fencing, gates and other measures in accordance

with security legislation.

9 PASSENGER

TERMINAL BUILDING

- To meet the needs of ferry passengers.

- Potential to replace existing passenger terminal building with a modern

and functional building, that provides views over Port Phillip Bay and

which marks it as a gateway to the Bellarine Peninsula and Queenscliff.

- Passenger Terminal to be a maximum height of 8.5 metres above the

ground level, inclusive of any changes to the ground level required to

accommodate the projected sea level rise for 2060 (0.4 metres).

Activities to include ticket sales, café, indoor/outdoor area, plus

potential tourism information.

- The design of the passenger terminal building is to consider and

respond to criteria for the use and development of coastal Crown Land

and the siting and design guidelines relevant to Coastal Management

Act consent.

10 PEDESTRIAN PATH

CONNECTING FERRY

PASSENGER

TERMINAL,

QUEENSCLIFF

HARBOUR AND BEACH

- As part of the Borough of Queenscliffe network of foreshore paths, a

pedestrian path will be provided from Queenscliff Harbour to the Ferry

Passenger Terminal and beach (subject to the consent of the Public

Land Manager, i.e. Parks Victoria).

11 ENHANCEMENT AND

REVEGETATION OF

FORESHORE

- Contribute to the Borough of Queenscliffe’s and Parks Victoria

enhancement of the foreshore’s natural environment (Parks Victoria /

Borough of Queenscliffe will be responsible for implementing

revegetation).

- Also refer to Native Vegetation Precinct Plan.

12 WHARF AND SHEET

PILE WALL

- Replace wharf and sheet pile. Provide viewing and outdoor resting area

overlooking ‘The Cut’ for passengers waiting to board with their

vehicles.

13 SHELTER - Following consultation with Borough of Queenscliffe, Parks Victoria to

relocate shelter to a new location.

14 CONNECTION POINTS

TO COUNCILS

NETWORK OF

FORESHORE PATHS

- Provide for connection points to the Borough of Queenscliffe network of

foreshore paths that extend from Queenscliff Ferry Terminal and

Queenscliff Harbour to Fort Queenscliff (Borough of Queenscliffe /

Parks Victoria are responsible for completion of paths).

15 POTENTIAL LOADING

BAY

- To be located adjacent to the passenger terminal building and is only to

be used by delivery vehicles whilst transferring goods.

- Provide rollover kerb for delivery vehicles

- Clearly delineate between the Delivery Bay and Group Assembly Area

16 ADVERTISING

SIGNAGE

To replace existing and provide new advertising signage, including:

- Replace existing signage on the central traffic island leading to the car

park

- Shift the sign on the western facade of the ticket office several metres

forward so to improve visibility of the ‘ticket price sign’ for approaching

vehicles

- Affix a new sign on the southern side of the ticket office

- Paint the QFT logo along the security fence on the eastern edge of the

car park

- Replace the existing sign on the rooftop of the cafe

- Affix a new sign on the northern facade of the cafe

- Replace the existing sign on the western facade of the cafe.

17 WAYFINDING SIGNAGE To replace existing and provide new wayfinding signage. Wayfinding signage

will be provided to guide the movement of people and vehicles to and within

the QFT site. The wayfinding signage includes traffic and pedestrian

directional signage. Wayfinding signage will be located as follows:

- For vehicles, wayfinding signage will be provided along Wharf Street

and within the Queenscliff Ferry Terminal, including signage to

encourage slow vehicle speeds,

- For pedestrians, wayfinding signage will be provided along the

pedestrian path adjacent to Wharf Street. Additional wayfinding signage

will be placed within the Queenscliff Ferry Terminal and Queenscliff

Harbour to encourage pedestrians to use the designated paths and not

the road.

Note: All paths will be developed in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.

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1 Bus stop and Taxi Rank - Alternative stop at Wharf St round about for busy periods

2 Group Assembly Area

3 Car Parking and Landscaping

4 Queuing lanes for boarding vehicles

5 Access lane to Passenger terminal (For Emergency vehicles, buses, taxis, parking & Cafe)

5a Internal circulation lanes

6 Ferry terminal exit lanes

7 Overhead directional signage

8 Security Fencing (existing)

9 Future upgrade to passenger terminal Building

10 Pedestrian Path connecting Ferry Terminal, Harbour and beach

11 Enhancement and Re-vegetation of Foreshore (Council, Parks Victoria)

12 Future replacement of Wharf and Sheet Piling

13 Shelter to be relocated (Parks Victoria)

14 Connection point to Council’s network of Foreshore Paths

15 Potential loading bay

16 Advertising Signage

17 Way-finding Signage: Locations to be determined in consultation with Council

Existing Ferry Terminal Lease

Proposed addition to Ferry Terminal

Proposed Road Zone1

Car Park and landscaping boundary

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