City of Melbourne is proposing to deliver more open green space in Southbank – one of Melbourne’s busiest suburbs.

Miles and Dodds Street Reserve has been highlighted in our Open Space Strategy as an area that can be improved as its features are outdated and no longer meet the community’s needs. By upgrading the reserve, we can create a safer, greener and more welcoming space for everyone in Southbank to enjoy.

We’ve completed three rounds of community consultation and have received valuable feedback. The feedback report and recommendations was presented to the Future Melbourne Committee on Tuesday 3 June 2025.

At this meeting, Council resolved to:

  • Approve the Miles and Dodds Street Reserve concept plan (refer Attachment 1 of the report from management) to proceed to detailed design and tender documentation.
  • Notes that a formal statutory road discontinuance process for the partial discontinuance of Miles Street will be undertaken and referred to Council at a future date.
  • Authorises the General Manager Strategy, Planning and Climate Change to make any further minor changes as required to the proposed open space for Miles and Dodds Reserve concept plan prior to completion of detailed design and tender documentation.

We will now proceed to the detailed design stage of the project. Works to deliver the project are planned to take place in financial year 28/29.

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Community consultation

Feedback we heard during three phases of engagement from 2023 to 2025 on a proposed expansion of Miles and Dodds Street Reserve.


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Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    Phase one community engagement

    November 2023

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    Community findings analysed and concept designs drafted

    December 2023 to May 2024

  • Timeline item 3 - complete

    Phase two community engagement

    8 July to 5 August 2024

  • Timeline item 4 - complete

    Collate engagement feedback and revise concept plan based on feedback themes

    August to December 2024

  • Timeline item 5 - complete

    Presentation of final concept plan to Future Melbourne Committee

    March 2025

  • Timeline item 6 - complete

    Phase three community engagement

    14 April to 28 April 2025

  • Timeline item 7 - active

    Engagement summary and recommendation with next steps presented to Council for consideration

    Tuesday 3 June 2025

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