Hancock Street - Green Street

Green Streets is a Hobsons Bay City Council initiative that seeks to create healthy neighbourhoods through the provision of quality tree canopy cover. A green street as defined for this program is a street that incorporates well designed placement of trees and vegetation which are cared for and maintained to maximise their benefits.Green streets can also include passive infiltration of stormwater through water sensitive urban design where the possibility of road reconstruction allows for street redesign.

A key difference of the Green Streets program from the standard tree planting program includes the increased level of community engagement and participation in the selection of trees and design for the street. The whole process is completed in collaboration with residents.

We have now finalised the streetscape design for your street with the chosen planting style, avenue style with large native evergreen trees. We had some great discussions at the consultation session where participants agreed that they prefer a design to include the existing suitable species already planted in the street. The species we have chosen for this style is the Lophostemon confertus.

Hancock Street Green Street

Stage 3

Final designs, including planting style and species have now been finalised and notification letters have been sent to the streets’ residents. The plantings and maintenance will be carried out by Council’s Arboriculture team.

  • Tree removals to begin prior to end of August
  • Tree plantings to take place prior to end of October

View survey results and final designs

Please click on the button below to view survey results and final designs

Benefits of a Green Street

The intended benefits of a well-designed green street are to:

  • cool the environment
  • improve streetscape amenity and walkability
  • increased passive surveillance and improved safety
  • 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 stormwater flows and pollutant levels where installation of water sensitive urban design allows
  • Increase the sense of community and ownerships of the assets (trees)
  • Increase longevity of hard surfacing with more durable and long-lasting infrastructure.

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