Speed limit reduction and parking changes passed by Moreland Council

Drivers will have to slow down with two 30km/h trials to take place in the inner north, while parking and apartment developments will also be shaken up by a council strategy.

Pedestrians like these in Coburg will be prioritised in the Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy.

Speed limits will be reduced to 30km/h in some suburban streets and parking overhauled under a Moreland Council strategy.

Carparking in apartment developments will also be altered, with the council agreeing to adopt a maximum carparking quota in new developments, opening the door to new apartment blocks to be built without onsite parking.

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Moreland Council will ask the State Government to conduct two 12-month trials with a 30km/h speed limit as part of its Moreland Integrated Transport Strategy.

These are likely to take place in the southern section of the municipality.

The locations are yet to be determined.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SPEED LIMIT? HAVE YOUR SAY BELOW

A bold proposal to introduce the 30km/h limit on all local roads in the south — which includes all of Brunswick, Coburg and Pascoe Vale South — put forward by North West Ward councillor Dale Martin was voted down.

Coburg residents have been campaigning for reduced speed limits since a pedestrian was struck and killed at a busy intersection in 2016.

Yarra Council introduced a year-long, 30km/h trial in September, taking in sections of Collingwood and Fitzroy.

All streets within neighbourhood and activity centres will have parking time limits introduced.

This includes most streets near Sydney Rd in Brunswick and Coburg.

The strategy aimed to reduce car users in the Moreland in favour of pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users.

All parking near Sydney Rd will soon be metered.

North East Ward councillor Ali Irfanli said the aim of introducing a maximum parking requirement in apartments was to reduce an influx of drivers to the city, with the theory that without carparking new apartment owners would not drive.

Also seen by the council at the meeting was a heritage gap study, which considered proposals for 493 new properties to be added to the heritage overlay.

Those properties will now be seen by an independent planning panel.

Other decisions approved by the council last night included:

• A gender equality commitment, in which the council will back all genders to receive equal pay and to feel safe accessing sport and public space;
• Grounds allocations for winter sporting clubs. All 31 clubs in Moreland will boast at least one female team in competition this season;
• The waiving of council fees for the Dylan Allcott’s Ability Fest, which takes place at the Coburg Velodrome on April 7; and
• The backing of a community campaign to lobby for the duplication of the Upfield train line. Free hall use will be provided to the Upfield Transport Alliance for meetings.