Perry Road Infrastructure Upgrade
View Full WidthOur Civil Engineering and Landscape Architecture design teams are working with Council on the Perry Road upgrade project, improving the road safety standards in Melbourne’s south-east.
Client
City of Greater Dandenong Council
Location
Keysborough, VIC
Our integrated Civil Engineering and Landscape Architecture teams are working together with our client, the City of Greater Dandenong, to deliver the concept and detailed design for an infrastructure upgrade to Perry Road in Melbourne’s Keysborough. The design upgrade for the two kilometre stretch of road included the widening of both traffic lanes, the addition of a centre median strip to improve safety and the addition of a shared use path. Thoroughfare
The team was initially engaged to deliver concept design in 2020, however, with the project being paused for a number of years due to Covid until 2023, our civil design team have amended the concept in line with a number of subsequent updates to the authority’s design guidelines which have flowed through to the detailed design. Within an established area, the team have also led a full-service investigation to identify existing services within the road corridor informing design.
The landscape design increases the amenity for all users and seeks to protect and enhance the existing vegetation on the site. Proposed new planting areas integrate into WSUD systems collaboratively and strategically to improve the water system and biodiversity for future communities along the road’s length.
“The beauty of this project was how we worked together with the civil engineering team to collaboratively problem solve and trouble shoot around existing infrastructure for the best outcome for all stakeholders” says lead Landscape Designer, Azin Emampour.
Our landscape architecture strategy proposed additional tree planting to provide further canopy cover and support Greater Dandenong’s urban forest strategy.
In partnership with the Council park team the team effectively communicated the ecological, sustainable and aesthetic benefits of the strategy and highlighted the special areas for feature planting design. Our landscape architects and civil engineers have worked together to ensure this design has tied seamlessly into the road upgrade’s civil design in addition to existing trees and plants.
The project is being delivered in three stages with stages one and two under construction and the third and final stage in the process of detailed design.
Our Visual Media studio were also engaged to provide 3D visualisation services for stakeholder engagement purposes. Using footage from our Surveying team’s UAV drone flight over the site, our visual media team developed a 30 second animated video illustrating the proposed road widening of the road. The imagery is currently being used by the Council to promote the project to the community as they enter the council office.
