In its ongoing commitment to enhance public transportation infrastructure the City of Greater Geelong invested $500 000 in the 2022/23 Bus Shelter Renewal Program. This initiative aimed at improving eight bus shelters strategically located across the region.
Aligned with the Our Community's Clever and Creative Future vision the program seeks to create a more accessible environmentally friendly and efficient public transportation network. The vision aims for 50 per cent of journeys to work to be made by public transport walking or bicycling by 2047.
The Bus Shelter Renewal Program incorporated various improvements such as the installation of new concrete hardstands footpath ramps kerb and channel upgrades tactile ground surface indicators and solar-powered lighting at seven of the bus stop sites. These enhancements were specifically designed to meet the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) requirements and the Department of Transport & Planning Standards for Bus Stops ensuring universal accessibility.
The $500 000 investment underscores the City's commitment to creating a modern and inclusive public transportation network prioritising the needs and comfort of the community.
The eight upgraded bus shelters are located at:
- 30 Presidents Ave Ocean Grove (ID 31021)
- 210 Bacchus Marsh Rd Corio (ID 30071)
- 26 Bacchus Marsh Rd Corio (ID 30163)
- 100 West Fyans St Newtown (ID 30 569)
- 2A Rennie St Lara (ID 30010)
- 20 Plantation Rd Corio (ID 30148)
- 56 Mt Pleasant Rd Belmont (ID 30740)
- 220 St Albans Road Breakwater (ID 30656)
Mayor Trent Sullivan:
We want to improve the facilities across Geelong’s bus stops to help make the public transport system more attractive and accessible to potential users.
Councillor Ron Nelson Chair of the Transport portfolio:
The new lighting directional aids and footpath ramps will ensure that all users will be safer when they are getting onto or off the bus at these stops.
The City's annual bus shelter renewal program is part of broader urban planning and sustainability initiatives. Integrating these programs with city planning creates a cohesive and efficient public transportation network making it easier for people to navigate the city using buses.
Council will be delivering the bus shelter program again in 2023/24.