Upcoming works: Anderson Street and Parker Street 2025-2026

We’re upgrading the Templestowe Route to support the long-term growth of Templestowe, including its businesses and activity centre. 

By enhancing amenities and beautifying the area, we’re creating a more inviting space for the community and visitors to shop, dine and connect. 

Our goal is to create a safer, more accessible road network that encourages people to enjoy public spaces and support local businesses. 

This will start with the first stage of works on Anderson Street.

As a Victorian Council, we are required to maintain public roads in accordance with the Road Management Act 2004 and our Road Management Plan. This means we must carry out necessary repairs, upgrades and improvements to our roads and infrastructure to ensure they meet the required standards. 

Currently, the road pavement condition, inadequate drainage and lack of pedestrian infrastructure on the Templestowe Route make it difficult to maintain the road effectively and comply with this legislation. Without these upgrades, we would likely see an increase in safety risks and unplanned disruptions. 

The upgrades are essential for public safety, accessibility and ensuring the longevity of the road network, so it can continue to serve community and businesses.

Our steps to create a more vibrant and liveable Templestowe

Road construction is set to begin on Monday 30 June and continue until mid to late 2026.

To reduce disruption, works will be delivered in 4 stages. This schedule is subject to weather.

Stage 1: 30 June to 10 August 2025

• Anderson Street (James Street to Wood Street).
• Full road closure with traffic diverted – see map.

Stage 2: 10 August to December 2025

• Anderson Street, (Wood Street to Unwin Street) – start of works.
• Parker Street (High Street to Templestowe Bowling Club) – starting late 2025 or early 2026.
• Lane closures with alternating traffic flow in both directions.

Stage 3: January to March 2026

• Anderson Street, (Wood Street to Unwin Street) – continuation of works.
• Parker Street (High Street to Templestowe Bowling Club).
• Lane closures with alternating traffic flow in both directions.

Stage 4: March to June 2026

• Final works including night-time asphalting.

We are taking the following steps to ensure our project stays on schedule:

• Procured a highly experienced contractor with the resources and capacity to complete the works efficiently.
• Conducting extensive early investigations to identify any unknowns, including ground conditions and potential service relocations.
• Engaging with affected service authorities early to minimise construction risks.
• Temporarily closing a section of Anderson Street to ensure any construction issues can be resolved quickly.

While we’re doing everything possible to prevent any delays, factors such as weather and unforeseen ground conditions may still impact our timeline. To address this, we’ll develop contingency plans with our contractor and facilitate decision-making to resolve issues quickly. 

Templestowe Village shops will remain open and accessible throughout the works. 

During the Stage 1 road closure of Anderson Street (James Street to Wood Street), you can access the shops via the back car park accessible via Wood and James streets. 

Stage 1: Anderson Street (James Street to Wood Street)

• This section of the road will be fully closed for 4 to 6 weeks.
• We planned this through the July school holidays to reduce traffic impacts.
• Signs will be in place to guide drivers around the area via Wood, Milne and James streets.
• See map for details.

The section of Anderson Street between James Street and Wood Street is the most deteriorated. It needs major earthworks to restore the road subbase, adjust road levels and install essential underground drainage infrastructure.

With high traffic volumes in the area, keeping the public safe is our top priority during construction.  

After working with our contractor, we have been able to reduce the planned road closure to around four to six weeks. This is subject to further site investigations and the weather conditions at the time of construction. We’ll schedule this closure during the July school holiday period to minimise disruption.

We’ve also considered other options to reduce the closure time, such as working at night or maintaining vehicle access to shops. However, these would:

• make the works take significantly longer, causing longer traffic disruptions
• create significant noise and inconvenience to residents if done at night
• likely cause more traffic congestion and safety concerns because of the complexity of traffic control needed.

We understand some residents may be concerned about increased traffic on local roads due to construction detours. 

To minimise impacts on residential streets, through-traffic not intending to visit the activity centre will be redirected onto main arterial roads during temporary detours. 

However, traffic intending to visit the activity centre will still have access, with signage in place to inform road users that the Village and nearby businesses remain open.

We have also implemented safety improvements on nearby local roads, including pathway connections, roadside maintenance and road condition upgrades to support any temporary traffic increases.

We’ll continue to monitor traffic patterns on residential streets, and if needed, introduce further measures to ensure the safety of residents.

We’ll provide details on traffic flow and access during the temporary road closure on Anderson Street, once we finalise the construction schedule and Traffic Management Plan.

Parker Street will be open to traffic throughout the works, and we’ll have traffic management on site to guide you around the works, maintaining traffic flow.

The rear car park between Wood and James streets will remain open for customer use. It will not be designated for contractor parking. Contractors will instead have allocated parking at an alternative location.

Part of this project will include formalising the existing parking bays along Anderson Street. These works will result in a total of 26 bays, including 14 on the west side and 12 on the east side of the road.

We are taking the following steps to ensure our project stays on schedule:

• Procured a highly experienced contractor with the resources and capacity to complete the works efficiently.
• Conducting extensive early investigations to identify any unknowns, including ground conditions and potential service relocations.
• Engaging with affected service authorities early to minimise construction risks.
• Temporarily closing a section of Anderson Street to ensure any construction issues can be resolved quickly.

While we’re doing everything possible to prevent any delays, factors such as weather and unforeseen ground conditions may still impact our timeline. To address this, we’ll develop contingency plans with our contractor and facilitate decision-making to resolve issues quickly.