Laneway Design

The Piedimonte family are proud to share their new laneway design.

The following design principles have guided the careful re-design of the existing laneway:

  • public access to a laneway is retained

  • pedestrian safety is improved

  • impacts to local traffic movements are minimised

  • noise and light impacts to adjacent properties are reduced

The map below shows the application of these design principles to the laneway re-design, alongside the other elements of the site’s redevelopment.

Analysis of laneway redirection

Features of the new laneway design

Western laneway

  • Acoustic impacts reduced.

  • Laneway to be upgraded as part of wider public realm improvements.

  • Residential traffic will no longer be blocked by periodic supermarket loading movements.

  • Improved safety through separation of residential and supermarket users.

Northern loading

  • Location does not interfere with heritage or active frontages.

  • Location allows loading to have minimum possible acoustic impact to adjoining residents.

  • New street trees and landscape treatment to Scotchmer Street.

  • Reduced congestion at pedestrian access points.

Eastern entry

  • New public plaza and improved pedestrianized environment.

  • Passive surveillance to public realm from adjacent supermarket.

  • The location of the supermarket allows for diverse uses of the adjacent public plaza.

  • Level access from tram stop into retail environment.

  • Improved activation at street level.