Stanhill is registered as a significant building on the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) No. H1875 - which protects the building and its site.
1. Stanhill is a building containing mixed use, but mainly private residential living.
2. Stanhill is registered on the Victorian Heritage Overlay HO346 - which protects the location or "place".
3. It is registered by the National Trust - No. 34065.
4. The large Chilean Wine Palm tree - Jubaea Chilensis - (SW corner), is also registered on the VHR noted as P1 on diagram 1875.
5. Therefore it is considered of National and State importance, so anything that is proposed that would adversely effect the site and/or building should not be allowed.
6. We note the design report refers Stanhill as an "office" building, which is untrue.
7. We note also that the design report provides unclear concepts for the design of the bridge, contrary to the image shown in the Council distributed "information brochure" which we received this past week.
8. There is no indication of a design proposal which would consider an under-road tunnel, which would seem to be basic to any proper study of the issue.

Adverse effects of the Hanna Street Bridge proposal -
1. Where is the perceived NEED for this project coming from? ($4million++ can build a new primary school or kindergarten).
2. The proposal to locate in Hanna Street (other side of the road south west end of Stanhill site) will destroy the visual access of Stanhill on approach from the south. (That view is the one most commonly used to portray the building - see the Heritage Victoria reference page for eg. http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/). This was an argument used successfully to limit the scope of the Federation Square "shard" and its relationship to St Pauls Cathedral.
3. The location of such a bridge will severely effect vision of the registered Palm Tree.
4. The proposal is undesigned if the City of Port Phillip flyer is all that exists to show the scheme. It is shown as if on a wasteland (empty) unrelated to the actual site, and the plan shows it located on the other proposed site at Arthur Street. So it is not a true representation of the proposal.
5. The proposed concept is an ugly Bailey Bridge, the sort built for temporary use (Formula F1, army, emergency, etc), and has no aesthetic merit.
6. We know from experience during the F1 setup that these bridges are obtrusive.
7. The bridge will compromise privacy for Stanhill apartments located at the SW end but also those at the SE end who also benefit from the Albert Park vista. As a corollary, views from Stanhill to the parks will be lost.
8. There will be significant environmental issues at stake. There will greater number of people (and their pets, bikes, trolleys, skateboards, etc), using the bridge and Hanna Street access which will produce more noise and disruption.
9. The proposed elevators will require machinery and regular servicing which will be obtrusive. There will be lighting required, which will adversely effect Stanhill living quality.
10. Although no reference has been made, it is likely the bridge would act a a noise barrier which would deflect the traffic noises (already high) from Queens Road into the fabric of Stanhill.
12. Similarly, no reference has been made to the effects of winds and wind deflection over and around such a structure which would effect Stanhjill and the Hanna Street environment.
13. As a safety issue, the bridge structure especially pylons, will need to be located well away from Queens Road, and strongly protected, which is not indicated on the GHD plans but will further intensify the environmental damage caused by the bridge.
14. Stanhill, for living is that it is a site intrinsically related to Albert Park and the Albert Reserve (and vice versa) - views that can never be built over or compromised. This proposal destroys those qualities.

Council page:
http://haveyoursayatportphillip.net.au/proposed-pedestrian-bridge-over-queens-road