More than $800,000 were invested to transform the former Narre Warren landfill site into a beautiful public park according to Oaks Ward Councillors Rosalie Crestani and Milla Gilic.

“This is a wonderful open space with fitness and walking tracks that cater for a range of fitness levels and abilities. It also provides magnificent sweeping views across Casey and out towards Westernport Bay and Port Phillip Bay,” Cr Crestani said.

Cr Milic said Council is also working on a masterplan for the site “to guide additional improvements and development”, with future opportunities for community input as the plans progress.

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These newly planted trees are to replicate those that were removed to ensure the visual character of this living memorial is maintained.

Stage 2 of the tree planting project will commence mid-2020 with additional trees at a number of vacant locations to strengthen the Avenue. Further tree removal and replacement stages will follow in 2021 and 2022 to coincide with their respective planting seasons.

Edrington Ward Councillor Tim Jackson said the replanting program has been welcomed by the community.

“We have received a number of calls from residents enquiring about the work and when we explain what we are doing, the response has been overwhelmingly supportive,” Cr Jackson said.

“The Avenue of Honour is clearly very important to residents and this project ensures that it will still be there for many years to come.”

Council will continue to engage with the community prior to the delivery of future stages and welcomes any feedback regarding the delivery of this significant project.

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Signs triggered by approaching vehicles will make drivers aware to slowdown in the area, particularly during darkness and dawn when wildlife crashes happen.

One kilometre Electronic bollards have also been installed along Churchill Park Drive in Lysterfield South, west of Parkside Boulevard towards the Churchill Park Golf Club boundary. These bollards emit a flashing light and sound to repel wildlife from approaching the road – effectively creating a virtual fence.

The bollard technology, created by Wildlife Safety Solutions, has been successfully used across Tasmania and in Victoria by VicRoads on a section of Wellington Road in Lysterfield. The early indications are that call-outs to injured wildlife on Wellington Road have reduced significantly since the bollards were installed earlier this year.

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Activity centres are the places in our community where people go shopping, work, eat and meet, from large centres like Fountain Gate-Narre Warren CBD and the Cranbourne Town Centre to the many smaller shopping precincts and neighbourhood shopping strips of various sizes throughout Casey.

The draft strategy and the associated Planning Scheme Amendment C258 which supports its implementation are now on public exhibition, with residents invited to check them out and have their say until 24 December 2019.

The new strategy articulates Council’s vision for activity centres and guides the growth and development of the 81 existing and future activity centres across Casey.

It promotes a broader range of land uses in activity centres and encourages co-location of supermarkets, childcare, gyms and offices, with the strategy having three key focus areas:

• Shopping locally
• Increasing local jobs, especially higher wage, white-collar job opportunities
• Making our activity centres better places to spend time, and more enjoyable

City of Casey Mayor Cr Susan Serey said Council wants to create a network of vibrant activity centres that are thriving economic and social hubs for our residents and the new strategy guides how we hope to achieve that.

“Much of Casey’s potential for employment growth in knowledge-based, higher-wage businesses lies in the strength and vibrancy of our network of activity centres,” Cr Serey said.

“As such, the draft strategy focuses on jobs and economic development within Casey’s activity centres by supporting and implementing measures to increase commercial office floorspace and streamline planning processes.

“As our city continues to grow and change, we need to plan for the future and ensure our activity centres meet the needs of the community, creates more employment and supports our vision of creating Australia’s most liveable city

“I encourage the community to check out the draft strategy and have your say. Think about your local shopping centre, precinct or strip and what’s important to you when it comes to accessing them and the types of services and goods available in your neighbourhood.

“By planning sensibly and hearing from our residents about what’s important to them, we can work towards ensuring your shopping trip is a convenient experience and local jobs and services are easily accessible.”

Council will be hosting an information session on Wednesday 27 November at 6.30 pm at Bunjil Place, as well as some informal drop-in sessions at local community centres in November and December for those interested in finding out more and asking questions about the strategy.

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Located in Cranbourne East, the complex currently comprises of The Factory/Shed, Casey Safety Village, Casey RACE, Terry Vickerman Building/Casey Stadium, Administration Building, Cranbourne Library, and the Balla Balla Community Centre.

City of Casey Mayor Cr Amanda Stapledon said the new draft framework provides exciting and vibrant design guidance for the development of buildings, public areas, and open space to enhance and improve the look and feel of the site.

“Creating a lively community space aims to attract future investment, and in turn deliver more and meet the needs of our community,” she said.

Mayfield Ward Councillor Gary Rowe explained that earlier this month we asked the Casey community to provide feedback on the draft framework via an online survey on Casey Conversation’s website, or in-person at one of the information sessions held at the Casey Complex.

Feedback collected highlighted that the community:

• agrees that the complex needs a facelift and is happy and excited with the proposed development plans
• supports the plans for Cranbourne East station and would advocate for an earlier delivery
• is concerned about traffic increasing around the complex, especially during school pick up hours.

“The feedback will assist in informing the final version of the Casey Complex Urban Design Framework Plan, which will be shared with the community before implementation at the end of this year,” he said.

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