Tuesday 12 June 2012

Council Meetings and Budget


Dear Munro Street People,

This update is mainly about Council Business and upcoming activities.  Have a great short week.

Cheers, Nataniel.

Letter to Mayor and Councillors

Last week we wrote to Council to formally introduce the 'Walk On Moreland' group and to support encourage Council to fund improvements at the Munro Street crossing.  See the full letter here.  The key points were:
  • Walk On Moreland has been established to support pedestrian-oriented decisions throughout Moreland,
  • The Munro Street crossing has received support from 350 community members (signatures attached),
  • Council's current strategy of completely relying on VicRoads for funding for Munro Street is risky, and Council should consider allocating funds towards the project,
  • In the interim Council should reduce the speed limit on Munro Street to 40km/h,
  • The letter included a 'Walk On Moreland' lapel badge for each Councillor - look out to see whether your favourite Councillor is sporting theirs!

Council Meeting - 2012-13 Budget - Tuesday 12 June 6.00pm

Council will decide on the 2012-13 Budget.  The budget includes about $4.4m for pedestrian infrastructure, which is a fairly good result.  See a quick comparison with Darebin and Yarra budgets here.

The budget does not include any allocation for Munro Street, which is unfortunate but not unexpected, due to the early stage of the project design and most of the budget decisions having been made much earlier in the year.  Thanks to everyone who put in a budget submission on Munro Street, out of a total of 8 budget submissions, 5 were in support of Munro Street.

Council Meeting - Principal Pedestrian Network - Wednesday 13 June 7.00pm

Council will be asked to adopt a report on the 'Principal Pedestrian Network'.  This report includes the pedestrian priorty street network, and a list of 'potential pedestrian facilities' which require funding.  The Munro Street crossing is #1 on this list.  See the full reporthere (large download).

Munro Street Activity Day - Wednesday 13 June 9.30-11.30am

Despite this being a very busy week we'll go ahead with this.  We'll have a simple meet & greet.  If you're in the neighbourhood drop past to say hello.

Letter from Minister Mulder

We received a letter from Terry Mulder, Minister for Roads, and from VicRoads last week, in reply to a letter we sent in March.  The general gist of the letter was that VicRoads does not see Munro Street as a priority. But luckily they're funding lots of pedestrian works in Footscray, Werribee, Narre Warren, and on the Peninsula Link Freeway.  See the letter here.

Kelvin Thomson also received a similar letter.

Walk On Moreland Evening Meeting - 20 June

We will hold our first evening meeting next Wednesday 20 June.  Come along to meet other pedestrians and help shape our vision and plan for the rest of the year.  For more info join our Members mailing list here.  Edinburgh Castle 7.00pm.

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