Green Streets Program

The Green Streets Program is a collaboration between Council and the community to green residential streets through urban design solutions and education.

A 'green street', as defined for this program, is a street that incorporates well designed placement of trees and vegetation. Where the possibility of street redesign is possible, a 'green street' can also include:

• passive storm water filtration solutions
• improved walking and cycling outcomes
• planting of understory to improve biodiversity outcomes where feasible

A well-designed green street can

• cool the environment
• improve streetscape amenity and walkability
• enhance urban biodiversity and provide linkages between pockets of biodiverse areas
• showcase how the city can better adapt to climate change
• increase awareness, knowledge and stewardship about the importance of urban greening within the community
• reduce storm water flows and pollutant levels where installation of water sensitive urban design allows

Check out how the Green Streets Program will run below or click the file in the document library on the right of the screen