We are committed to promoting road safety, improving stormwater infrastructure, and creating safer and more climate resilient streetscapes.

At the March 2023 Council meeting, Council considered a great opportunity to transform Victoria Street, Queenstown into a more vibrant environment that supports Council’s ‘Green Streets’ initiative.

During November and December 2023, we sought feedback from local residents, on proposed streetscape upgrade works to Victoria Street, Queenstown. You can find out what we heard by viewing the engagement summary below.

We have now finalised the detailed design drawings for the streetscape upgrades which can be viewed under the Plan tab below or by accessing the Document Library. Construction is anticipated to commence in March 2025 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

This project is jointly funded by the Australian Government Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) programme, City of Port Adelaide Enfield and Green Adelaide.

We proposed to improve the amenity of the local area and provide a boulevard along the full length of Victoria Street from Portland Road to Old Port Road.

Key features of the streetscape upgrade include:

Several updates have been made to the detailed Layout Plan following community feedback and descoping of the plan to come within the available budget. These changes include:

• Reducing the number of raingardens (WSUD treatments) and protuberances to maximise on-street car parking.
• Further planning to addressed ponding issues along the street where possible.
• Assessment of existing street trees that are retained with the plan and finalisation of the street tree planting plan. More information related to tree species selection is available under the FAQs.

We asked residents if they supported the proposed streetscape upgrades works proposed for Victoria Street, Queenstown and to share any further feedback or comments about the project.

We received 30 survey responses with two residents completing the survey twice. These repeat responses have been removed from the final tally.

There were a number of reoccurring themes received through survey responses, including:

• Concerns about narrowing of Victoria Street and how this might affect travel along the street and access to driveways
• Support for improvements to stormwater drainage, kerbing and lighting
• Concerns about loss of parking, especially around unit blocks and townhouses
• Requests for slight adjustments to location of proposed raingardens / WSUD nodes
• Support for increased greening (trees and vegetation)
• Concerns about trees in front of individual houses and/or conditions of current trees
• Concerns about the cost of the project

To address the feedback that we received we have incorporated the following changes to our plan:

• Reduced the number of raingardens (WSUD) and protuberances to maximise on-street car parking.
• Addressed ponding issues along the street where possible.
• Assessed existing street trees to remain and finalised the street tree planting plan, which aims to retain most trees. More information related to tree species selection is in the FAQ’s

Please see the updated concept plan, which we will now progress to detailed design.

This project is jointly funded by the Australian Government Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) programme, City of Port Adelaide Enfield and Green Adelaide.