The City of Melbourne will consider a draft opportunities plan to revitalise Moonee Ponds Creek with a chain of parklands, new open spaces and wetlands.
Chair of the City of Melbourne’s Environment portfolio Councillor Cathy Oke said the draft plan includes a series of ideas for the revitalisation of the lower reaches of the creek from Brunswick Road to Docklands.
“We’re considering this plan as an advocacy tool to reconnect the community to this vital waterway. The plan outlines ideas for increased biodiversity, mitigating the impacts of flooding, creating new bike paths and more space for recreation,” Councillor Oke said
“Moonee Ponds Creek has been negatively impacted over many years by industry and infrastructure. This plan sets a vision to rehabilitate the creek and advocate for the delivery of a series of projects to increase its ecological, economic and recreational value.”
The draft Strategic Opportunities Plan will be considered by Councillors at the Future Melbourne Committee meeting on Tuesday 19 March 2019.
The plan has been created collaboratively with the Victorian Planning Authority and includes a project to replace the concrete channel with a reconstructed and rehabilitated chain of ponds to celebrate water in our landscape and to mitigate the impacts of flooding.
