State of the Environment Report 2010/2011 - Liverpool City Council

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6 Year at a Glance 2010-11 at a glance Casula Powerhouse Arts CentrE Thirteen exhibitions and 12 theatre shows were held at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre. The Centre attracted 32, 831 visits during the year of which 1,921 were school children attending one of the 218 education programs that were held. Car parking Collimore Car Park was upgraded and expanded to accommodate 355 cars and provide more parking opportunities near Liverpool City Centre. Streetscape New paving, street furniture and landscaping improvements were completed at Elizabeth Street between Macquarie Mall and George Street, Liverpool. Health inspections Council officers conducted 1,095 inspections of high risk premises such as restaurants, cafes, bakeries and delicatessens (approximately two inspections per business each year), 78 of other types of food premises and 157 inspections of health and beauty premises. Parks, gardens and lakes Nearly $6 million was spent maintaining, preserving and restoring parks and recreational facilities. Council is responsible for 500 open space reserves with either regional, district or local status covering approximately 1,400 hectares. Playgrounds Council has 155 playgrounds across the Local Government Area of which 13 were upgraded during the year at a total cost of $573,000. Development applications Council determined 1,355 development applications and 657 construction certificates. Liverpool City Council ANNUAL REPORT
Year at a Glance 7 Road safety Five traffic facilities were upgraded or constructed during the year (roundabouts, pedestrian refuges and crossings and bus bays). Sixty eight schools were provided with information on safe parking and other road safety issues around schools as well as road safety events held by Council. Six ‘Choose Right Buckle Right’ child restraint checking events were held at which 184 vehicles and 266 restraints were inspected. Twenty five percent of all restraints checked were found to be unsafe. Four ‘Helping Learner Drivers Become Safer Drivers’ workshops were held with 71 participants (participants are the supervising drivers) and eight local streets were targeted as part of the ‘Slow Down’ campaign. Road construCtion and maintenance Council is responsible for a total of 809 kilometres of roads (an increase of 29 per cent over the past 15 years). Council spent a total of $12.6 million repairing and maintaining roads including road pavement renewal and rehabilitation works to a value of over $9 million on 27 streets with a combined length of more than seven kilometres. Major intersections at North Liverpool Road, Green Valley and Governor Macquarie Drive, Chipping Norton were reconstructed and widened at a cost of over $3 million. Council received 8 kilometres of new roads during the year as a result of new subdivisions. Stormwater drainage Flood mitigation, creek rehabilitation and bank stabilisation works were completed along Brickmakers Creek, Liverpool to improve flow capacities and mitigate flooding within northern parts of the city centre. More than 4.5 kilometres of the piped drainage system was relined and patched. The drainage system was upgraded at Clinches Pond to include a gross pollutant trap to remove pollutants from water entering the pond. Street cleaning Every street in the Council area was swept on an average of once every six weeks, removing 2,150 tonnes of waste. Footpaths and cycleways Fifteen kilometres of new paved footpaths and cycleways were constructed, bringing the total length of footpaths and cycleways in the Liverpool local government area to 500 kilometres. Sporting fields Council managed and maintained 107 recreational and sporting facilities including netball courts, tennis courts, cricket nets, skate ramps and aquatic centres, enabling the hosting of state, and national competitions. Liverpool City Council ANNUAL REPORT
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