Established in 2009, the Shaping Melbourne Taskforce is led by Co-Chairs Ms Pru Sanderson, CEO, VicUrban, Mr Tom Fricke, Executive Manager, GHD, and Mr Roger Poole, Executive Chairman, Bates Smart.

Melbourne at five million people will be a very different city to the one that we live in today. The Committee’s Shaping Melbourne Taskforce is considering what will be needed to enhance the economic prosperity and liveability of the city in the future accommodating a fast growing population, and how we can bring the community on board to share in decisions that will affect this transformation.

The taskforce has four key themes which Taskforce members have delved into in greater detail:

• Melbourne @ 10 Million: considering the long term vision of Melbourne’s development based on the scenario of a population greater than 5 million people and the economic rationale of the polycentric city model;
• Infrastructure: considering the infrastructure needs of Melbourne’s development and to enable longer tem polycentric infrastructure planning to accommodate population growth;
• Built Form Solutions & Place Making: considering built form solutions for substantially increasing density in established urban areas and how Melbourne’s character can be maintain as the city grows;
• Community Engagement: considering how the community can be engaged in Melbourne’s development and for both community and government to have a shared future vision.

The Taskforce is currently drafting its Report, ‘Melbourne@8 Million: A conversation about our future’, addressing the above themes.

Shaping Melbourne Taskforce members

• ANZ
• ARUP
• Aurecon
• Bates Smart
• Blake Dawson
• Bus Association Victoria
• BusinessAide
• City of Melbourne
• Clayton Utz
• ConnectEast Group
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth
• DIIRD
• DLA Phillips Fox
• Elmwood Melbourne
• Fed Square
• GHD
• Gieseck & Devrient Australasia
• Hebertgeer
• Holden Ltd
• Kreab Gavin Anderson
• LeadWest Ltd
• Melbourne Water
• Metlink Victoria Pty Ltd
• Minter Ellison
• Monash Sustainability Institute, Monash University
• NGV
• NORTH Link
• Paperlinx Printing and Publication Papers
• RACV
• RMIT University
• Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd
• South East Water Limited
• Telstra
• URS
• Victoria University
• VicUrban

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