The main aims of the designs were to:

• slow traffic down, making it safer for pedestrians,
• improve parking, by creating formal parking bays,
• provide enough parking for predicted visitor numbers,
• plan for future needs, with connecting and shared paths, and
• plant a streetscape that will grow and mature over time.

Therefore, parking will remain at the 90-degree angle. This is part of the safety requirements to force traffic to slow down and to maintain a similar number of parking bays.

Along with the 40kph signs, the angle of the parking means that the road users must be mindful of vehicles pulling into and out of parking spaces, forcing drivers to slow down.

For emergency services reasons and to assist the existing businesses on the road, two-way travel was preferred.

Australian Standard 2890.5:2020 states that '90° is the only angle suitable for access in both directions.'

Along with the Australian Standards, Council's Traffic Engineers also took into account the following:

• the purpose of the road
• the speed of the traffic on the road
• the amount of driveways/crossovers onto the road
• the line of sight of the driver on the road
• the line of sight of the person in the parked car
• the amount of space needed for the driver on the road to either slow down or pass vehicles pulling out
• the amount of space needed to pull out of the parking space without impacting other parked vehicles
• safety and buffer zones.

As visitors to Lilydale Road arrive and leave from multiple directions, 90° parking allows for safer movement along the length of the road.

While angled parking has been used in many locations across Victoria, current standards now take into account the context of the use of the road, the speed and volume of traffic, the types of vehicle/pedestrians encountered.

The path has been widened and is designed to be a 'shared path', for cyclists and pedestrians. This is so when the trail from Yarra Glen to Healesville is completed, there will be a connection to the businesses in this part of town.

The aim is to increase the number of trees in the street and make sure they survive. A special mesh has been used under where they are planted to protect their root system, while they grow. The tree bays need to be a certain size to protect the future root systems.

Nyssa sylvatica ‘Forum’ were selected as a pyramidial shaped deciduous tree.

Following community feedback, some alterations will take place in 2024 including:

• relocating three trees,

• re-line marking the bays to increase their width

• reduce the number of bays from 64 to 61

• rounding the corners of the remaining tree bays.

While the parking bays were built to the regulation width, we will increase the width of the bays to accommodate larger vehicles following community feedback. This does result in a reduction of parking spaces available.