Charlotte Street is an east-west residential street in Richmond, also hosting Richmond Library.
Pocket park proposal
Council is proposing to build a pocket pack on Charlotte Street, outside Richmond Library.
Pocket park concept. Image credits: City of Yarra.
Traffic impact
To identify any possible impacts on traffic, council commissioned an independent assessment, concluding that the “impacts to the nearby signalised intersection of Church Street / Swan Street … were shown to be insignificant” and that the proposal will “provide a benefit for pedestrians and cyclists in the area“. Notably, the report identified that after a road is closed for a pocket park, 10-20% of traffic just disappears:
Our view
Streets Alive Yarra supports the proposed pocket park. It’s in a great location, right outside Richmond Library, and will have negligible impact on traffic. We’e asked locals to support the Charlotte Street Park, via this petition, which helped defeat the rescission motion, so council will proceed to deliver the park.
Richmond Library
Charlotte Street also hosts Richmond Library, located next to the proposed pocket park. Our vision is for the library to be demolished and rebuilt to six storeys, providing new spaces for the library, community rooms, commercial tenancies, and public housing.
Join us
Contact us if you’d like to appear as the local champion for a pocket park on Charlotte Street.