Nepean Boulevard Precinct Revitalisation

The Opportunity

Launching a new era for Frankston City as the capital of the south east Melbourne region, a bold reimagining of Nepean Highway into a people centric boulevard of housing, hospitality and retail opportunities will signify the precincts role as the heart of a rejuvenated Frankston city centre.

Focussing on the 3.7km stretch of roadway along Nepean Highway Frankston from Mile Bridge (Overton Road) in the north through Frankston’s city centre to Olivers Hill Lookout in the south, the Nepean Boulevard Precinct Revitalisation is a strategic vision that repositions the role of the arterial roadway for greater community and economic outcomes.

With a high commercial vacancy rate, developers and businesses ready to take advantage of the precinct’s prime city-beach location and the city centre’s strategic planning framework near in place, the time to revolutionise Nepean Highway is now.

What will be delivered

Through our partnerships with Federal and State Governments, we can: 

• Establish a remarkably welcoming arrival from the northern Kananook Creek Park and Gateway Site that celebrates the unique natural environment while providing safe and accessible walking and cycling connections.
• Improve road safety for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists by upgrading the Overton Road and Nepean Highway intersection with traffic signalisation, improved footpath connectivity and links to the existing Kananook Creek Trail.
• Reimagine the role of the historically significant Comfort Station located adjacent to the hospitality favourite Playne Street, creating a popular new location to stop and enjoy.
• Provide the platform for outdoor dining, retail and social opportunities to flourish through central median greening and landscaping improvements and improved active travel connections from coast to city.
• Connect the Bay Trail to the Frankston Waterfront for pedestrians and cyclists, enabling a more enjoyable, safer and welcoming visitor experience between municipalities.
• Create new active recreation experiences and improve safety for all road and pathway users by delivering a new shared user path on the western side of Nepean Highway from Pier Promenade to Olivers Hill Waterfront.

To learn more about Council’s vision for Nepean Boulevard, view the Masterplan.Connecting City, Creek & Coast - A Masterplan for Nepean Boulevard - Report - September 2024(PDF, 111MB).

What we need

Council has already delivered $2.05 million towards improvements along Nepean Highway, with an additional $5.2 million allocated in the coming years towards additional works within the precinct to deliver on the boulevard vision.

We are seeking a funding commitment of $10 million or greater from the Victorian and Federal Governments to deliver signature projects identified within the Nepean Boulevard Precinct Masterplan. Below details the total cost of each initiative identified within this package:

• Kananook Creek Park and Gateway Site - $4.2 million
• Overton Road Signalised Crossing and Intersection - $3.1 million
• Comfort Station Activation - $2.8 million
• Central Median Greening Landscaping Improvements - $2.3 million
• Waterfront Shared User Path Connection - $2.4 million
• Southern Path Connection and Median Planting - $5.2 million.

Join the Campaign 

Together we can transform Nepean Highway into a vibrant boulevard.

Sign the petition calling for federal and state funding

Latest updates

• Road money stumped up before election – Bayside News article
• Funding alert landmark $55 million federal funding – Council Facebook post
• Federal Government boosts CBD transformation with $50m Nepean Highway funding
• Frankston Business Collective petition on Nepean Highway – Council Facebook post
• Road blitz delivers for south-east Melbourne | Ministers for the Department of Infrastructure
• Boulevard would transform Funky Town to capital of South East – CFMP Facebook post
• Letter of support - Alex Green - Department of Transport and Planning - Nepean Boulevard Revitalisation(PDF, 148KB)
• Letter of support - Bernadine Geary - Frankston Business Collective - Nepean Boulevard Revitalisation(PDF, 96KB)
• Lets be frank, our stretch of the Nepean Highway is in need of an uplift – Council Facebook post
• Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula federal election priorities
• Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula federal election priorities Facebook post

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Testimonials

Karl van Buuren, co-owner Moon Dog Beach Club, “I love the plans to revitalize this precinct. It would be amazing for the businesses and the pubs and clubs that operate here. You can see the obvious benefits that making it more pedestrian-friendly would have.  To have more foot traffic coming and going, feeling safe, and more welcome. It would be a huge boom to our businesses that's for sure.” 

Josh Sinclair, CEO of Committee for Frankston and Mornington Peninsula, “Revitalisation of the Nepean Highway is the number one priority this federal election for CFMP due to the pivotal role its regeneration will have in the growth of Frankston’s city centre. The benefits would be significant. Driving economic growth, encouraging opportunities for diverse private sector investment, stimulating job creation, and growing a skilled local workforce. It will showcase Frankston as a destination, not just a gateway.”

Charles Sedgley, co-owner, Hotel Lona, 473 Nepean Highway, Frankston: “We just love it here in Frankston. We created Hotel Lona on the Nepean Highway two years ago. I think the street just needs a little bit of a revamp. I've seen some of the plans for what council wants to do to the Nepean and it looks fantastic. So if we can get that I’d be really happy. With these plans it wouldn’t just be the gateway to the Peninsula, but I believe it would become The Destination.”