What about people who can’t walk far?

Local access is retained. Residents, carers, and anyone with a local destination can still drive to and park on Wellington Street: what changes is that distant commuters using it as a shortcut to the CBD will no longer find it a convenient route. The shared street option retains 83 of 96 parking bays and both accessible spaces.

There are two proposed options for Wellington Street in Clifton Hill. This site focuses on the shared street option, which we think serves our community better. See what both options involve.

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A parent with a child in the front seat of a cargo e-bike rides along Wellington Street between parked cars and moving traffic, with no protected cycling lane
Wellington Street, Clifton Hill. Photo: Liam O'Boyle.

Will Wellington Street be closed?

No. What is proposed is a partial traffic barrier, not a road closure. Modal filters stop motor vehicles passing through while cyclists and pedestrians continue unimpeded. The street remains open to all traffic with a local destination: residents, businesses, the sports complex, the school, the church, and emergency vehicles all retain access. What changes is that CBD-bound commuters passing through will find it an impractical shortcut.

How local trips still work

School families, residents, and regular visitors can still drive to and park on Wellington Street. The barrier at Council and Noone Streets means some trips from the south will route via Noone Street and Gold Street instead of straight up Wellington: those streets have speed humps and are well within the area’s local network. For residents on Wellington Street itself, nothing changes. For the church community, Wellington Street parking remains fully accessible from Queens Parade. Sunday services fall outside peak commuter hours; parking availability on Wellington and the adjacent Queens Parade is not affected.

Queens Parade at the Wellington Street junction, showing the on-street parking
Queens Parade at the Wellington Street junction. Photo: Liam O'Boyle.

The ones who lose their convenient route are the rat-running commuters passing through.

Parking under each option

  Shared Street Protected Lanes
Bays remaining (Clifton Hill section) 83 of 96 30 of 96
Accessible bays Both retained Both removed

Under the shared street option, 83 of the 96 current parking bays on the Clifton Hill stretch remain. The two accessible bays are specifically protected1.

Under Option 2, 66 bays are removed, including both accessible bays.

Almost all of the 13 bays removed on Wellington Street under the shared street option are in the northern sub-section between Hodgkinson Street and Queens Parade, away from the school and with additional supply from Queens Parade immediately available. Parking near the school itself is minimally affected.

Congregations using Wellington Street parking for Sunday services retain access, with additional parking on Queens Parade, which is quiet on Sundays.

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  1. YourSay Yarra, Wellington Street North (Clifton Hill). ↩

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