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INFRASTRUCTURE
Supporting Partner:
Aussie Civil
The goals of this policy include
reduction of potable water use,
maximising water reuse, reduction
of wastewater discharge and the
minimisation of stormwater pollution
before discharge to receiving waters.
Among the steps that Council has
taken to reduce water consumption
is the installation of tanks at
Council’s depots and other Council
facilities, Water saving devices have
been installed at child care centres,
leisure centres and in town halls. A
200,000-litre tank has been installed
as part of the rain garden project at
Edinburgh Gardens to assist with
irrigation of mature trees.
Council has installed computerised
irrigation to improve the efficiency
of watering systems in parks and
gardens. It has also installed street
tree pits to enable selected street
trees to be irrigated from stormwater
flowing along the curb and channel.
City of Yarra – A
Frontrunner in
Implementing New Ideas
Yarra has many firsts to its credit.
From implementing a 40km/h
speed limit to trying out rubberised
footpaths, it has demonstrated that
it has the capacity think outside
the box and then put those ideas
into practice. Recently, it has spent
$23,000 on a laneway in Cremorne as
part of a pilot project to let motorists
know it is not a “typical road”.
A bright yellow, orange and red mural
has been created to help motorists
differentiate the street, which is a
shared zone used by a large number
of pedestrians and cyclists. The
speed limit is restricted to 10km/h
to give priority to pedestrians.