Belgrave Town Centre Study

What needs fixing?- Getting busier and Busierspeciallyat night time.- Glenfern RD; THE ONE WAY ISA NIGHTMARE.- Infrastructure needs looking at.- Traffic- Blacksmith lane could beimproved.- Strip not linking to the mainstreet- There’s divided parts of thetown…end of town is left out.- The park is not accessible andusing doesn’t like car parking atthe back of Safeway- Not a practical location forparking.- Morson Court building. Parking;- We need regular tourist busescoming to town. My wife won’tshop here because there is noparking.- Coming out of the Belgrave trainstation, you shouldn’t be able toturn right. Less dangerous thatway.- Access out of town in a crisislike the Bushfires seriously limited.Town needs to be prepared.- Too many bars.- Puffing Billy doesn’t contributeto the town. Need to encouragebetter links.- Park doesn’t work useless.- Nothing interesting here to keepthem (tourists) here. Have tomove off the mountain for varietystores to access clothes, shoes;Kmart style shops. Lost ourhardware now I go to Bunning’s.Used to have a deli. Used to be aFruit & Veg. either go to Monbulkor to Maxi’s in FT Gully.- NO 6. Pedestrian crossingfrom Queen of Tarts to BayviewMotors & from Belgrave Motors toPolice Station. What’s there nowdoes not meet the disability Actrequirements. Trying to negotiatethis with a wheel chair or with aseverely intellectually disabledchild is absolutely horrible, not tomention mothers with prams andthe elderly who can’t bolt for theirlives as they cross the road.- The BBQs at Belgrave LakePark- More Indigenous Plantings- Get rid of the concrete.- Managing stormwater between(frog boys/ sediment loops?).- Blacksmith Lane could beimproved.- Strip not linking into Main Street.- Three divided parts of town- endof town aspects left out.- The park is not accessible.- Don’t like car parking at theback of Safeway. Not a practical;location fro parking.- Station: one in, one out accessis problematic.Saturday- Safe pedestrian access is VITAL– parks is isolated, town spilt intotwo - Bayview cut off. There is aschool stop ( ?) and Puffing Billy,all cut off for pedestrians.- Need traffic lights notroundabouts. The purpose ofround about the station should betraffic lights instead. Pedestrianaccess needs to be direct routenot via bridges and underpasses.More signage to rear car park adcovered walkways.- More public seating, change therailing on high side of the streetto its more attractive; more publictransport;- More pedestrian crossingsparticularly Bayview Rd. Workwith Real Estate agents toimpress upon them that we needa better retail mix, it works to theiradvantage , they can get betterrental returns in a vibrant strip.- Stage 2 Blacksmiths Way.Beginning to be too many cafes.Have to use your car to get tothings.- A shoe shop- Specialty shops e.g.: shoeshops , men’s’ wear, women’swear- Diversify local economy.- Weeds/streetscape around rearof the shops.- Walks revitalized ( betweentownship)/pedestrian link upsbeenneglected and overrun byweeds.- Make open space, more parklike ion Alexanders Park.- Need tourist information.- Turn park into communitygarden- “Discount shops” don’t fitaesthetics of the town.- Roundabout very chaotic- Care parking- Difficult to park on Main Street.- No consistency in shop fronts–too bitty. Too many differentfacades.- No consistency in streetscape.- Cleaning the footpaths moreregularly.WOODSBAGOT.COMBelgrave Final Report - | April 2010 | Page 45