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ISSUE 1138 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2019
Ready for the Spectacular Two Bendigo South East College students will play leading roles in the Victorian State School Spectacular on Saturday. Jonah Zoch and Millie Bennett will perform in front of thousands at Melbourne Arena, with the event also broadcast on the ABC.
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By NICHOLAS NAKOS
A NEW multi-storey car park in Market Street is part of an ambitious new Bendigo City Centre Plan that will go before council on Wednesday night. Construction of a new car park is one of three key actions proposed by the Parking Futures Action Plan. Council’s acting director of Strategy and Growth Trevor Budge said the location and management of parking can have a significant influence on design solutions for buildings. An amendment to the Greater
Bendigo Planning Scheme is sought to remove parking minimums that will help stimulate development and jobs growth. While conveniently located and accessible car parking is an important consideration, the overall approach to car parking is to encourage people to “park a little sooner and walk a little further”, council’s report says. The use of technology, time limits and dynamic pricing to achieve a better balance between parking supply and demand is another objective of the proposed plan. The Parking Future Action Plan
has been integrated into the draft Bendigo City Centre Plan, which features four themes, including maintaining Bendigo’s heritage foundations, while continuing to evolve as a contemporary city. A recommendation of the plan is for design guidelines that can be incorporated into the Planning Scheme such as height, bulk, scale and setbacks. “The current planning controls need to be clearer, less complex and more responsive to allow for a welldesigned compact city to flourish,” Mr Budge said. Council’s report also says that while the city has many key, high
value heritage buildings and areas, economic considerations and the net community benefit of a development need to be considered. “In saying this, we do need to take a conservative approach to heritage, as once it’s gone, it’s gone,” the report says. This new Bendigo City Centre Plan will replace the Bendigo CBD Plan 2005 and Bendigo CBD Parking Strategy 2008. The report recommends that council endorse the draft Bendigo City Centre Plan for public exhibition, with councillors to discuss the matter on Wednesday night.
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