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The Metropolitan Town Planning Commission, established in 1922 by the Victorian state government, produced a report in 1929 that recommended a new underground railway in central Melbourne running via Exhibition and Victoria streets to reduce congestion at Finders Street station.[citation needed] The plan also proposed:
A 1940 report by the Victorian Railways' Chief Engineer for Ways and Works recommended a number of rail improvement works, including an underground city railway, a line to Doncaster via the Kew spur, and the connection of the Alamein line to the Glen Waverley lineatMalvern East.[1]
A 1954 strategy released by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works recommended changes to Melbourne's land-use planning, an extensive network of freeways and a park system.[2] It also recommended some expansions to the rail network, including an underground CBD rail line with three stations beneath Lonsdale Street.[2] It also called for:[2]
The report recommended against a line to Doncaster due to the high cost of tunnelling.[2]
A major plan released by the Victorian state government of Henry Bolte called for the creation of 510 kilometres of freeways, and a number of new rail lines.[3] The plan proposed:
None of these proposed lines were ever built, except for the underground rail loop which began construction in 1971 and progressively opened between 1981 and 1985.[4][5][6] The lines to Werribee, Sunbury and Craigieburn were also eventually electrified.
In the words of the authors the Lonie Report aimed to: institute a study into all freight and passenger transport within Victoria, and to and from Victoria, in order to produce a co-ordinated transport system capable of meeting the needs of all residents of Victoria, having particular regard to the effect of transport on the balanced development of the state.
The study suggested reducing public transport services and increasing fares to reduce subsidies. They also suggested that Victoria's major highways should be duplicated and the reservation of land to allow the construction of road bypasses around major towns on these highways. In Melbourne, it was recommended that many freeways needed to be built and extended
A strategy launched in 1999 by the state government of Steve Bracks called for an airport rail linktoMelbourne Airport and the reopening of several regional railway lines.
Melbourne 2030 is a strategic planning policy framework for the metropolitan area of Greater Melbourne, intended to cover the period 2001–2030. During this period the population of the metropolitan area is expected to grow by a million people to over 5 million. Population projections now predict Melbourne's population could reach 7 million by that time and the State Government has since changed its strategy on the policy, abandoning the urban growth boundary in the north and west of Melbourne and compromising green wedges.
The Meeting our Transport Challenges was a plan from the Steve Bracks Labor Government, it was a plan to address issues around the transport network and growing suburbs[7][8]
Some Proposals in the project were:
Upgrades to the SmartBus network, and to busses in the Doncaster Area
Multiple rail Duplication and Triplication including a 3rd track from CaulfieldtoDandenong
Rail extensions including the South Morang Line (proposed to be built in 2016) and the Somerton link,
The Deer Park Bypass
Transit Cities: in the areas of Box Hill, Broadmeadows, Dandenong, Ringwood, Epping, Footscray, Frankston, Sydenham and Werribee. and in regional areas of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and the Latrobe Valley.
The government of John Brumby responded to a major increase in rail patronage by releasing a plan in 2008 that called for a number of rail extensions, including the Regional Rail Link from west of WerribeetoSouthern Cross station, a new inner-city rail tunnel called the Melbourne Metro Rail Project, and electrification of the rail network to South Morang (completed in 2011), Sunbury (completed in 2012), Melton and Cranbourne East.[9]
New government agency Public Transport Victoria (PTV) released a detailed 20-year rail development plan in 2013 under the government of Denis Napthine.[10] The report outlined a major expansion of the metropolitan rail network in Melbourne over a number of stages, with the goals of introducing a 'metro-style system' and extending the reach of the network.[11] Significant projects identified for construction included the Metro Tunnel, the Airport rail link, a line to Doncaster, a line to Rowville, a second underground inner-city rail tunnel, and many rail electrification and duplication projects.[12]
The plan outlines the growth of Melbourne to the year 2050 and becoming a "global city"[13]
The plan had 9 Strategic Principles for the plan to follow,
The plan also had 7 Outcomes and Objectives
In the lead up to the 2014 Victorian state election the Victoria Labor Party came out with the Project 10,000 plan. This plan included projects to:
Plan Melbourne is a planning document for the metropolitan Melbourne for the period 2017-2050.[15][16]
