The Victorian Government's Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) is proposing an upgraded cycling connection between Glen Huntly Station and Caulfield Station as part of the Glen Huntly Level Crossing Removal Project. Following community engagement on proposals for Queens Avenue earlier this year, the LXRP has put forward new options that include Derby Crescent.

We want to hear your feedback on the LXRP's new options. This is an LXRP project, but we are keen to get your input so we can advocate for a solution that prioritises the needs of the community and local environment.

Council engaged with the community in January about a proposal from the LXRP to place a cycling corridor along Queens Avenue. Following that engagement Council resolved not to support any of the proposed options but to advocate for improvements to the options that would balance safe cycling, residential amenity, and the retention of trees. 

To learn more about the Queens Avenue engagement, visit Queens Avenue cycling corridor.

The LXRP has now provided a new fact sheet to prompt further discussion with residents about the most appropriate location and options of the cycling corridor. The fact sheet has six options for the cycling corridor, four of which are on Derby Crescent and two of which are on Queens Avenue. You can find the fact sheet in the document library on this page.

We believe that any solutions must be well designed and balance the needs of the community and the local environment. This includes the replacement, protection and retention of trees and revegetation as well as residential amenity.

Note: The LXRP has committed to landscape along the east side of Derby Crescent regardless of where the bike path ends up going and Council will encourage for those revegetation opportunities to be maximised. The LXRP commitment to landscape is outlined in its fact sheet.

Please refer to the LXRP fact sheet for further details about each option.

This option would prefer none of the above proposed options, meaning no change to current street alignment, no removal of trees or parking, and no improvements to cycling infrastructure.

We held two online community information sessions to share information regarding the options and to answer community questions. You can find the slide deck shown at the webinar in the document library on this page.

Webinar one: 4pm to 5pm on Sunday 21 April

Webinar two: 7pm to 8pm on Tuesday 23 April

Community questions were taken in the lead-up to the webinars, nominated below, and asked live during the webinars.

Update 26 April: Thank you for your questions, we have shared our answers below.

We can't answer questions on behalf of the Level Crossing Removal Project. They are working on responses to their questions which will be posted as soon as possible. If you have any enquiries, you can reach out to us at engagement@gleneira.vic.gov.au, or contact LXRP 24/7 on 1800 105 105 or contact@levelcrossings.vic.gov.au.

Glen Eira City Council's answer

If any Queens Avenue proposal is chosen, the proposed driveway that may interface with the bike path would need to be designed to ensure it doesn’t impact on the safety of the cyclists. The final design will need to satisfy a Road Safety Audit.

Glen Eira City Council's answer

Council is not avoiding answering public questions. All questions received have been addressed at this meeting however they have also been referred to the community engagement team as they relate to a high profile, active community engagement process. It is important that the information provided in response is transparently available to all interested in the project. The questions and their responses will be published not only in the minutes of this meeting but also on the more accessible Have Your Say website.

Glen Eira City Council's answer

As you have correctly highlighted, Council engaged with the community in January about a proposal for Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP) cycling corridor along Queens Avenue. Following that engagement Council resolved at its Ordinary Council Meeting on 6 February not to support either of the two proposed options for Queens Avenue.  Council also wrote to the Minister requesting the proposals for the cycling connection be reconsidered.

The LXRP has reconsidered the options for a Strategic Cycling Connection and have proposed a further four options in addition to the two Queens Avenue options that they had previously presented and which, in their assessment, remain viable albeit with compromises. This is detailed in their fact sheet, on our Have Your Say page.

Council is therefore now undertaking further community engagement on all six options, and, following conclusion of the consultation process, will consider all feedback received in making a final decision on the preferred option.

Glen Eira City Council's answer

This is an LXRP project and one that Council has an interest in if it can be successfully achieved.   However, the final decision will be made by the LXRP under the authority of the Minister for Transport Infrastructure.  

At the March session with the community the position communicated by Officers related to Council’s strong preference for no tree loss or parking loss. However, despite this preference, with the new options put by LXRP, it is clear that all options will require comprise.

Council will make a decision on what option – if any – to support or recommend having taken into consideration all the information and views gathered through the consultation process, along with the professional advice of officers on the strengths and weaknesses of each of the options. This decision will be made at the Ordinary Council Meeting scheduled for 21 May.