Arndell Park Estate,
Hoppers Crossing

The estate is being developed by Devine Communities in Melbourne’s Outer West.

Over a quarter of the estate is being set aside for parks, open space and active sporting fields.

The estate borders Federation Trail and Skeleton Creek with access from Forsyth Rd and when completed will provide approximately 450 residential allotments close to all amenities such as schools, shopping centres, public transport, road and rail infrastructure.

WBCM is providing urban infrastructure design, site supervision and contract administration duties for the ongoing staged developments. Elements have included roads (major and minor), Council Drains, sewer reticulation, water reticulation, electrical, gas and telecommunication infrastructure. Major infrastructure in the form of overhead High Voltage Electrical Powerlines have been decommissioned and located underground to release more land for residential lots and community purposes.  

The extremely flat nature of the site required special consideration to be given to overland flow paths within the estate and the grading of roads to reduce filling of allotments to absolute minimum levels.  The overland flow paths were modelled using HEC RAS software to determine the top flood level.

Traffic calming measures in the form of special intersection treatments have been adopted throughout the estate to slow down traffic.