Project Management & Design Services for Alpine Better Places Harrietville and Tawonga

⁠⁠⁠Alpine Shire Council is seeking the services of suitably qualified consultants (landscape architects/urban designers) to project manage and prepare detailed concept designs for Harrietville and Tawonga townships. Alpine Shire Council has previously completed similar projects for Myrtleford, Porepunkah, Bright and Dinner Plain.

The Harrietville and Tawonga communities are both seeking revitalisation of their small towns. Both towns are dominated by major arterial roads which carry travellers through the towns, rather than to the towns. Both towns have evolved over time in an ad-hoc way, with little or no spatial master planning to tie all the key features of the towns together. Public spaces are generally poorly defined and identified, and pedestrian connections between key nodes and facilities are inadequate. Both towns also suffer from a poor sense of town centre and destination.

Both communities seek for their towns:

•  Improved streetscapes, including wayfinding signage, paths, tracks or trails to better connect the town’s assets and facilities, integrated landscape treatments and improved parking options.
•  Improved open space reserves, including upgraded and/or additional facilities and amenities.