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Focus on Melbourne > How
we might be
How we might be
No crystal ball is available
to predict how metropolitan Melbourne will be in 2030. However,
Melbourne 2030 gives us a chance to put in place planning and land-use
policies to maintain our prosperity and share its benefits around
the State. These will create a better living and working environment
while ensuring that metropolitan Melbourne remains:
- accessible
- with more people enjoying the benefits of flourishing activity
centres where shops, jobs, services and recreation are within
walking distance of their homes; with fast and reliable travel
to and from regional cities and towns; with a comprehensive, efficient
and networked public transport system and a usable web of bicycle
tracks and pedestrian routes; with access to the mountains, open
country and beaches
- attractive
- with well-preserved heritage buildings and streetscapes and
new development of the highest design quality; with altered skylines
but a form that is still recognisably ‘Melbourne’; with
fitting emphasis on the specialised areas that create the tapestry
of the city and on the different communities from all over the
world that give it depth and vitality
- welcoming
- with health care, educational and recreational facilities, housing,
community and emergency services that everyone can find, use and
afford in all parts of the city; with world-class tourist facilities,
services and experiences that make Melbourne a desirable international
destination in its own right
- thriving
- with industry, commerce, research and development that flourishes
because it is competitive, viable, well-located and can use properly
designed networks for transport and communications
- sustainable
- where ‘green’ is no longer a colour but a way of life
reflecting an environment that is valued, meaningful amounts of
open space that can be enjoyed by all, and resources that are
carefully deployed.
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