Positive economic impacts
- Increase in income for local businesses
- Increase in overall profit for region
- Increase in employment
- Promotes economic development and growth
positive environmental impacts
- Increase in biodiversity
- Sustainability
- Native vegetation
positive social impacts
- Interconnection
- Attracts more people
- Population increase
- Less traffic
- More accessibility
- Community spaces to enjoy
negative economic impacts
- Project costs $8 million
- Businesses closed
- Loss in profit and income for local businesses and surrounding region
negative environmental impacts
- Trees and vegetation removed
- Temporary increase in pollution at FW site
negative social impacts
- Locals concerned about future cost
- Decrease in visitor numbers and population
- Accessibility issues
- Increased traffic
- Levels of tension in locals
absolute location of FW site
642 Nepean Highway on the coordinates 38.07899 S 145.12620 E.
fieldwork techniques used
- Photos
- Traffic count
- Local/business/traveller surveys
- Interviews
- Sketch
secondary sources used
- Topographic maps
- Online articles
- Level crossing removal project website
describe the interconnection to the surrounding region
- FW site acts as a gateway to the beach from the town centre
- Similar topography to the surrounding region
- Design aspects similar to the rest of the region
- Connected through a main road (Thompson Road)
list the geographical characteristics
- Flat land
- Housing
- shops/businesses
- Patterson river
- Carrum beach
- Nepean highway
- Station street
- Frankston train line
- Carrrum station
- Port Phillip bay
reasons for change
- Site was dodgy and unappealing
- Locals did not feel safe
- New site will be open and welcoming
- Will be monitored and well lit
- Accessible
- Previous buildings were old and unsafe
- Development opportunity
- Interconnection to the beach
- To promote growth
use of spatial technologies
- The Southern Programme Alliance uses GIS to access and mange LUC
- Programme has layers such as vegetation, heritage, design, transport, planning, property, safety and scope.
- Programme used extensively by all major stakeholders
groups involved
- LXRA
- VIC Roads
what is the research question
How has the change in land use at 642 Neapean Highway impacted the site and surrounding region?
describe the land use at the FW site
past = commercial/residential present = commercial future = recreational/commercial
relative location of FW site
Our fieldwork site is located within the suburb of Carrum under the finished construction of the sky rail, and opposite Carrum station on the Nepean Highway side, left of Old Post Office Lane, and adjacent to the Carrum Surf Life Saving Club.
