Work will soon start on the third and final stage of the biggest upgrade to Mildura’s iconic Deakin Avenue centre median in the city’s history.
Mildura Rural City Councillors have endorsed final plans for the redevelopment, which will follow a similar theme to the successfully completed stages between Eighth and Tenth Streets, including:
- replacing the previously removed sugar gums
- a new central footpath
- more than 1,600 new plantings, introducing more colour to the centre median
- feature lighting to highlight various aspects of the new landscape
- grassed areas, mature plants and landscaped features
- updated street furniture
- refurbishment of the existing historic limestone structure
- replacement of the existing public toilet facility
- refurbishment of the water fountain
Councillor for Infrastructure and Assets Glenn Milne said completed stages of the redevelopment between Eighth and Tenth Streets had been well received by the community, transforming the prominent precinct into an attractive, more modern and accessible thoroughfare.
“Deakin Avenue is the iconic backbone of our city, seen and used by thousands of visitors and locals each day,” Cr Milne said.
“This third and final stage will not only be in keeping with the existing stages, but serve as a new, more attractive entrance to our city for people travelling into Mildura from New South Wales.
“Importantly, as it has done in the previous stages, this phase of the redevelopment will carefully and respectively honour and preserve our past, in this case the historic limestone structures.
“It will also continue to activate the Deakin Avenue centre median, which we’ve seen happen in the previous stages with people taking advantage of the new spaces to meet for lunch or simply take time out – it’s great to see these spaces being used.”
The majority of the $1.9 million redevelopment has been funded though $1.2 million from the Australian Government’s Local Roads and Community Infrastructure program.
Work is expected to start in March and be completed in July this year.
