Darebin City Council
Darebin City Council recognises the importance of reducing its impact on the environment. The Polyrok sustainable footpath renewal project sets out Council’s approach to waste reduction and support the Darebin City Council as an environmental leader by setting the example for the community to follow and prioritise opportunities to reduce waste from its capital and operational services. The footpath concrete mix contains 10% post-consumer soft plastics - this relates to 10% of coarse aggregates replaced by plastics otherwise destined for landfill. The Polyrok project is valued at approximately at $4million.
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City of Darebin
Darebin Council has identified nine strategic cycling corridors across the municipality that support the use of active travel to local destinations. The first, the Streets for People Northcote-Thornbury corridor, spans almost three kilometres along the Mernda train line linking multiple activity centres, schools, community services and public transport. The community were engaged at all stages of the project and provided valuable feedback as ‘Street Champions’. With support from State Government through the Safer Travel in Local Streets program, and a $1 million dollar 1:1 grant, we successfully implemented over 20 treatments to support active travel along the corridor.
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Latrobe City Council
Following the Hazelwood Mine Fire in 2014, the Morwell community embarked on an intensive consultation process to develop the Future Morwell Plan. From that master-plan the Morwell CBD Revitalisation project was completed to re-imagined Morwell as the ‘Town of Gardens’, delivering an entrance, village centre, and beautification to embrace the community’s pride and set its future direction. Future-proofed with free public wifi, smart streetlights, wireless phone charging furniture and a community gathering space equipped with power and relocatable furniture for events, the project will encourage people to visit, walk and spend time in the heart of Morwell.
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Frankston City Council
Frankston Park plays a key role as a home of the Frankston Dolphins who compete in the Victorian Football League (VFL) competition matches. The recently completed works to upgrade lighting to broadcast level will establish Frankston Park as a premium sporting ground in the near future. This will increase its capability to televise VFL matches and for hosting future Australian Football League Women’s League (AFLW) matches. Across South East Melbourne, there are not many sporting grounds which has capability to illuminate sports ground to 1000 lux including television broadcasting.
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Campaspe Shire Council
Redevelopment of Echuca’s riverfront involved the creation of a highly accessible and visually alluring riverfront at the popular location, Riverboat Dock. An inviting and functional community open space has been established, able to support informal family gatherings and picnics, as well as larger events and festivals. Improved access to commercial paddle-steamers and houseboats ensures operators can grow their business and a refurbished kiosk will attract a new commercial entrant to operate a café with river views. The redevelopment enables better integration with the adjacent Historic Port of Echuca and guarantees environmental outcomes through protection of the riverside ecosystem.
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Cardinia Shire Council
Deep Creek Reserve in Pakenham is Cardinia Shire’s exciting new outdoor space. A place of environmental significance, Deep Creek Reserve offers people of all ages and abilities many ways to learn, play and get active.
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City of Darebin
The Beavers Road Shared Path Cable Stayed Bridge is designed to improve linkages between the local communities. It is provided for pedestrians and cyclist use only. There are a few bridges over Merri Creek in the area that are dedicated to active transport modes, providing linkages to the network of shared user paths along Merri Creek.
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East Gippsland Shire Council
The 2019-20 Australian Bushfire season was one of extraordinary intensity with significant fires burning across much of the country. East Gippsland was one of the worst affected regions with fires burning out of control for over three months. Burning over 320,000 hectares, the bushfires saw the destruction of over 650 dwellings in East Gippsland Shire alone. The East Gippsland Shire Council utilised three landfills for the disposal of the resultant waste. One such site was the previously closed and rehabilitated Orbost Landfill. The innovative process of re-opening this landfill is one unrivalled in Australian waste management history.
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East Gippsland Shire Council
East Gippsland Shire Council created the Bosworth Rd Recreational Area, achieved significant environmental and community outcomes and saved ratepayers more than $6 million, through phytocapping the disused Bairnsdale landfill. In contrast to conventional capping, which uses clay to seal a decommissioned landfill, phytocapping is an active process whereby trees and other vegetation are used as living pumps to naturally prevent water from leaching into groundwater or nearby waterways. This phytocapping project was the first of its kind in Victoria. The new park includes native vegetation, walking trails, an off-leash dog park and observatory decks overlooking the nearby RAMSAR-listed wetlands.
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