Minister’s foreword The Northern Metro Region Five Year Plan for Jobs, Services and Infrastructure and similar plans for the fi e other metropolitan regions represent a new approach to the way the Victorian Government responds to local priorities and reports within a regional context. Victoria is transforming the way governments work with the community and the private sector to plan and build our cities. For too long, governments, community organisations and businesses have focused on their individual challenges and areas of responsibility – rather than coordinating their infrastructure and service provision around the needs of communities. And state governments have tended to plan at the statewide level making it hard to see precisely what is happening at the local level. This first Five Year Plan shows a government determined to adopt a more transparent and inclusive planning approach to growth at a meaningful regional scale. It’s part of our public-sector reform agenda to develop more collaborative approaches to community engagement. We are giving citizens and stakeholders, including the Metropolitan Partnerships, key facts about their region’s growth and development. It provides a comprehensive picture of the Victorian Government’s planned investments as outlined in the State Budget, including where and when these investments will The plan will support the Northern Metropolitan Partnership as it continues working with the region’s councils, business and community sectors. It will be an important input to the partnership’s role as adviser to government on regional priorities supporting jobs growth and enhanced liveability across the region. Future updates of this plan will incorporate the government’s response to this annual advice and the latest information on the government’s regional investments and initiatives. As these plans evolve they will become even more reflective of the partnership’s input and the response of the government and its key partners across the Northern Metro Region. My hope is that by providing information in this way, we will support all key players in this vibrant region to work even more closely to manage growth and to maintain and strengthen the liveability of this region’s suburban communities. The Hon Lily D’Ambrosio MP Minister for Suburban Development Northern Metro Region Five Year Plan 3 e d
Part 2: Northern Metro Region Figure 1 Source: ABS Estimated Residential Population 2016 Wallan (SA2) 16,700 Mitchell (S) 41,632 Whittlesea (C) 207,881 Hume (C) 207,830 Moreland (C) 172,091 Darebin (C) 155,022 Nillumbik (S) 64,280 Banyule (C) 127,693 Total population of the Northern Metro Region 951,497 (C) = City; (S) = Shire A brief history... BCE 1837 1859 1930 1930s Northern Metro Region is home to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation Robert Hoddle surveys Heidelberg and much of the near Railway to Sunbury officially opened 300 factories operating in Brunswick, with 6,000 workers in the textile industry The north (specifically Coburg and Brunswick) become the centre of the Australian hosiery industry
Investment overview The Victorian Government is responding to the population changes in Melbourne’s Northern Metro Region by investing in new and upgraded services and infrastructure. These investments, primarily contained in the recent 2017–18 State Budget, are based on the government’s long-term strategic plans for strengthening the economy and liveability of Victoria and managing Melbourne’s continued growth and development as a globally connected city. This plan examines: jobs – initiatives to support and expand jobs growth in the Northern Metro Regional economy infrastructure and service investments – funding for education, health, justice, transport and community infrastructure projects and new services our partners – an overview of the role played by the region’s local governments, the Commonwealth government and private and community sectors in supporting liveable suburbs and their significant contribution to employment and the provision of local suburban infrastructure and services. Northern Metro Region Five Year Plan 17
infrastructure and service investments in the Northern Metro Region SERVICES $193.2 million to maintain the public transport Night Network, which provides 24-hour services across metropolitan Melbourne each weekend. Residents in the Northern Metro Region will be able to travel later and stay out longer with all night metropolitan trains and trams and late night bus services Services indicates delivery beyond fi e years 28 Northern Metro Region Five Year Plan e