Sally Capp’s grand plan for a park along the Yarra has now got some cash behind it, but the council has not yet approached the state government for the $100 million in funding it is seeking. melbourne
Capp said the name Greenline was “really just a working title” and there may be no raised walkways at all, depending on what the designers came back with.
“That promenade will connect people down to the Yarra because at the moment, actually, we’re a long way away from the Yarra at most places along there and it will connect green open spaces that will be upgraded, created and revitalised with activities,” she said.The council has been criticised by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce for having no business case, cost benefit analysis or modelling for the project.
The City of Melbourne has called for expressions of interest on Greenline, and Capp said a master plan would be created this year, along with engineering and design, as to how to create a continuous pathway.City of Melbourne chief executive, Justin Hanney, said the council had a business case for Greenline, an economic impact analysis and Ernst & Young was undertaking a peer review of the business case alongside a quantity surveyor assessing the schematic designs.