The Gateway shopping centre is a busy retail centre located at a prominent intersection of 2 major roads (north-west corner of Springvale Road and Dandenong Road / Princes Highway).

In 2023 we consulted the traders and the community on a design to upgrade the centre that would create an attractive destination for people to visit and socialise.

Some of the major improvements delivered by this project include:

• wider footpaths with trees and street furniture for greenery and visual appeal
• 2 accessible parking bays, allowing people of all abilities better access to the retail centre
• a new pedestrian crossing and road humps for safety
• more public seating and outdoor dining opportunities
• additional irrigation, landscaping and roadway reconstruction works.

The newly upgraded centre was completed in December 2024.

View the plan below or download from the document library.

• Widening the footpath and adding new trees and street furniture for greenery, public seating and outdoor dining opportunities
• Installing a pedestrian crossing and two accessible parking bays in accordance with safety standards
• Introducing a speed limit reduction within the access and parking areas of the centre, subject to authority approval and adding two new road humps, to ensure pedestrian safety
• Investigating an off-road bike path link from the Dandenong Road service lane to the shopping centre, subject to budget approval.

The accessible parking bays and pedestrian crossing are required to meet accessibility needs and comply with safety standards requirements. To install these, it is necessary to remove 5 out of 60 existing parking spaces.

To offset this change and promote higher visitor and economic turnover, we are proposing 2-hour limits for 25 existing parking spaces in the car park adjacent to Springvale Road. The remaining 17 all-day parking spaces will be retained.

Please refer to the detailed proposed parking time limits document.