My City

The Box Hill Metropolitan Activity Centre 2036 Draft Master Plan states: “The resident population of BHMAC has grown by 3% per annum from 3,800 people in 2006 to 5,100 in 2016…. The resident population is anticipated to grow to between 12,700 and 14,000 people by 2036, requiring between 4,000 and 4600 additional dwellings. The majority of new housing in the BHMAC is anticipated to be in medium and high rise apartments and mixed use development.”  This means that the Box Hill activity centre will see huge growth in the next decade or so with the population set to become more than double what it was in 2016. Much of that growth has already occurred. One can see that the skyline has changed dramatically since 2016 with residential skyscrapers repeatedly popping up. The latest approval is for a fifty one story residential tower which will be part of the redevelopment of Box Hill Central.  Such residential growth will put huge pressure on Melbourne’s busiest train line - the Lilydale/Belgra

Glen Waverley is a major activity centre that is moving along nicely with development. It will have two train stations in the future, thanks to the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) or orbital train line passing through it. It is gifted for future urbanisation. My dream idea is to bring the Glen Waverley train line underground just after Syndal station and extend the line to Brandon Park which is another major activity centre. Glen Waverley and Brandon Park would be urbanised in the process. I know that I wrote a post saying that I believe that the Glen Waverley line shouldn’t be extended to Knox City but instead have a fast bus running between Glen Waverley and Knox City. Why then choose Brandon Park for my idea instead of the proposed line extension to Knox City.   Brandon Park is only 3km from Glen Waverley whereas Knox City is double that distance. Therefore, there will be half the tunnelling to be done. Also, the proposed train line extension to Knox City will have two new stations (one ne