Two new rail bridges over the Yarra River - one for trams and one for freight trains - will be the defining gateways to Fishermans Bend once the sprawling inner-city industrial zone is redeveloped into a new city for 80,000.

The planned suburb will also have a new underground railway line.

Its residents and workforce of 60,000 will be heavily dependent on public transport, walking and cycling to get around.

Private car journeys will be discouraged, with parking spaces reduced and fewer than one in five journeys made by car.