Acland Street Terminus Upgrade

Project summary

The Acland Street terminus upgrade, part of the Victorian Route 96 Project, enhances safety, stop optimization, and accessibility. Collaboration between Public Transport Victoria, Yarra Trams, and local authorities improves amenity in St Kilda.

…what we did on this project

Touch Projects played a key part in the entire project lifecycle encompassing project scoping, business case development, design development, approvals, procurement and construction delivery.

This project presented numerous challenges to the project team given that Acland Street precinct has so many cafes and restaurants with street dining, other small businesses, council services, a dynamic streetscape design combined with a complex array of below-ground services.

This landmark project was delivered whilst delicately dealing with a very sensitive and vocal community landscape. Community and stakeholder engagement proved to be both a delicate and challenging task given the broad range of stakeholders that existed on this project.

Traders, residents, landlords, service authorities, community groups and the council itself placed competing functional and amenity requirements that directly influenced the design, construction methodology, budget and project schedule.

Despite the differing imperatives that this project presented, a final design was agreed that addressed the community, local business, council and tram operational requirements. The construction window for this project was between 6 and 9 months. Many residents, businesses and other groups whereimpacted by these works however given the intense planning leading up to these works coupled with strong community engagement meant that disruptions where kept to a minimum.

The Acland Street Terminus upgrade project has seen Public Transport Victoria partnering with Yarra Trams, City of Port Phillip and VicRoads to deliver a terminus and streetscape upgrade that has greatly improved amenity along this popular strip.