New 300 space carpark for Sunbury train station

SOME of Sunbury’s horror parking crush will be alleviated with a new 300-space carpark planned for its train station precinct.

The Sunbury station carpark is often full by 7am on weekdays.

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SOME of Sunbury’s horror parking crush will be alleviated with a new 300-space carpark planned for its train station precinct.

Public Transport Minister Jactina Allan and Sunbury state Labor MP Josh Bull yesterday announced the State Government was working with stakeholders and Hume Council on development options surrounding the station precinct.

Ms Allan said planning would be finished by the middle of this year.

Carparking within Sunbury and especially surrounding the station has been a huge issue for residents, commuters and business owners for many years.

There are about 600 parking spots in the precinct for commuters, which are regularly full before 7am.

The Sunbury train station carpark.

The new carpark will provide secure storage for cyclists and accessible parking for people with a disability.

No possible designs have yet been released, but Mr Bull told the Leader on Monday that it “makes sense for it (the carpark) to go up”.

“Carparking is causing commuters a lot of frustration,” he said.

“Sunbury is a growing community and there’s also commuter demand from the north of Sunbury.

“Adding commuter carparking at Sunbury station will help meet the long-term parking needs of commuters and shoppers, which will ease congestion in the Sunbury CBD and make life easier for local shoppers and traders”.

Ms Allan told the Leader the cost of the project would be subjected to the final plans, but funding for 300 spaces was guaranteed as part of the 2018-19 State Budget.

“Josh Bull has been leading the push working with VicTrack and other owners of land and it’s a complicated mix of land owners,” she said.

The announcement follows news last week of the $60 million budget allocation for an extra 2000 parking spots at four major stations, including Craigieburn.

Sunbury train station. Picture: Andrew Tauber