Stage 2 Community Engagement

What did we learn from the community in stage two?

What is the Seaford Wetlands Rejuvenation project?

Seaford Wetlands Rejuvenation project is part of the Victorian Government’s $315 million Suburban Parks Program to create more than 6,500 hectares of new and upgraded parks and trails across Melbourne’s outer suburbs.

As part of this program, the Victorian Government is funding $5 million of upgrades at Seaford Wetlands with a focus on:

  • Improving safety, access, and connection for visitors
  • Strengthening the wetlands’ ecological health
  • Embedding cultural values into the wetlands’ design and management.

The Seaford Wetlands Rejuvenation Project is among more than 100 park and trail projects being delivered through the Suburban Parks Program.

The program delivers on the Victorian Government’s Open Space for Everyone Strategy, which is a blueprint guiding the planning, management, and delivery of Melbourne’s open spaces for the next 30 years.

Together, these projects will create more than 6,500 hectares of new and upgraded parks and trails across Melbourne’s suburbs – that’s an area more than more than 170 times the size of Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens.

Rejuvenation Focus Areas

  • ​Landscaping and environmental works

    Rehabilitating priority locations through on-ground works, inclusion of habitat structures, pest animal control and revegetation including culturally significant species.

    An Ecological Restoration Plan has been developed and the first stage of revegetation near Downs Estate.


  • ​Walking path upgrades

    Constructing a pedestrian and cycle bridge across Kananook Creek and a shared use path on the northern bank of the Creek to ‘close the loop’ and improve wayfinding signage.

    The design for a wooden cladded bridge and shared use path are currently underway.

  • ​Facility upgrades

    Designing and installing a biocultural, self-guided interpretative trail through signage and improving and renewing facilities. All facilities upgrades will ensure the environmental significance and natural aesthetics of the wetlands are preserved.

    A Draft Signage and Facilities Masterplan has been developed.

What is happening at Seaford Wetlands?

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Stage 2 Engagement Report

Signage Survey (closed)

Survey (closed)

Stage 1 Engagement Report

Stage 1 Community Engagement

What did we learn from the community in stage one?

Recommendations

Your feedback informed the following recommendations included in the draft plan:

  • Conservation values

    Upgrades should prioritise the area as a natural reserve, with high ecological values including compliance with Ramsar Management Plan.

  • Timber cladded bridge

    The final design for the new pedestrian bridge should respond to the preference of 68 per cent of responders: Option A – wooden cladded bridge.

  • Shared user path

    The final location for the shared use path should respond to the preference of 81 per cent of responders: Option A – Kananook Creek path.

Stage One Survey (Closed)

Survey (closed)

Let us know your thoughts on the initial design for the Seaford Wetlands Rejuvenation.

Stage One Bridge Options (Closed)

Stage One Map Activity (Closed)