Break O’day Council Streetscape Upgrade Program

Client: Break O’Day Council
Collective Consulting Services: Civil engineering, traffic improvements, safety upgrades, drainage, services coordination and streetscape design
Location: Various
Completion: 2015 - 2025

Project Overview

Collective has worked with Break O’Day Council over several years to deliver streetscape, traffic and safety upgrades across key townships within the municipality, including St Marys, Fingal and St Helens.

The program formed part of Council’s broader objective to renew ageing public infrastructure, improve township amenity and create a more consistent standard of streetscape treatment across the region, while still respecting the individual heritage, character and aesthetic of each township.

Scope of Services

Collective provided civil engineering design and coordination services for staged streetscape upgrades, including:

• New and upgraded footpaths
• Decorative concrete, asphalt and paving treatments
• Kerb realignments and parking improvements
• Bus stop and disabled parking upgrades
• Improved level access to businesses and public areas
• Mountable kerbs and safer pedestrian access
• Traffic islands and traffic calming measures
• Drainage upgrades to reduce flooding risk
• Roadway reconstruction and pavement reinstatement
• Underground service coordination and renewals
• TasWater, TasNetworks and NBN infrastructure coordination

Engineering Approach

A key part of the program was ensuring Council’s investment in new streetscape surfaces was protected for the long term. Collective worked closely with TasWater, TasNetworks, NBN, Council officers, property owners and local businesses to identify infrastructure conflicts and coordinate service renewals before new pavements and footpaths were constructed.

This included renewing or rationalising underground services, replacing obsolete infrastructure such as asbestos pits, improving property connections, and coordinating utility upgrades where new public realm works were proposed.

Community and Safety Outcomes

The upgrades improved pedestrian safety, vehicle access, business frontage accessibility and overall township amenity. In areas such as St Marys and St Helens, drainage improvements were also an important priority due to local flooding history.

The completed works provided:

• Safer pedestrian movement
• Improved disabled access and level entries
• Better parking and vehicle circulation
• Enhanced business district presentation
• Reduced flooding risk
• Renewed civil infrastructure
• Improved long-term asset performance
• A more attractive and usable public realm

Project Outcome

The streetscape upgrade program has delivered long-lasting community infrastructure across several Break O’Day townships. The works have improved the presentation, accessibility, safety and functionality of each town centre while supporting Council’s long-term asset renewal strategy.

Collective is proud to have supported Break O’Day Council in delivering practical, durable and community focused civil infrastructure outcomes across the municipality.