Public Safety Infrastructure Fund – Successful Projectsin Round 1

Council / Location / Projects / Region
Banyule City Council / Watsonia / Watsonia Station Lighting: $16,000.
This project will upgrade lighting to the Watsonia Station car park and the path leading to the train station. The project is designed to reduce the risk of crime and to improve community safety and confidence. / North West
Benalla Rural City Council / Benalla / Improved Lighting for a Growing SkatePark: $42,700.
This project will install two new lighting towers in strategic locations in the newly developed BenallaSkatePark to help ensure safe use of the park by young people.The additional lighting will assist with passive surveillance of the area, discouraging inappropriate or anti-social activity around the SkatePark. / Hume
Boroondara City Council / Hawthorn / The Glenferrie CCTV Project: $245,000.
This project will install eight new CCTV cameras in the Glenferrie Precinct to improve the safety and amenity of this popular late night entertainment area. / Eastern
Casey City Council / Cranbourne / Back to the Park @ Cranbourne Place: $249,500.
This project will provide environmental and security infrastructure improvements to CranbournePlacePark. Using Safer Design principles, the project will improve the park design to minimise the opportunities for anti-social and criminal behaviour and promote a safer and more accessible space that encourages legitimate community use. / Southern
Central Goldfields Shire Council / East Maryborough / Light Up East Maryborough: $25,300.
This project will provide additional lighting in the streets between East Maryborough and Maryborough CBD. The aim is to reduce the risks of crime and improve community safety and confidence in areas frequently used by community members walking to local services, employment and social opportunities. / Loddon Mallee
City Of Monash / Clayton / Creating Clayton's Laneways: $131,123.
Using Safer Design principles, this project will redevelop theThomas St laneway complex which connects retail, residential and transport areas close to Clayton Shopping Centre. The redevelopment aims to create a lively public realm, overlapping functions between day and night, gathering spaces for people to sit, opportunities for walking with interesting and unhindered views, and improved lighting. This will help reduce opportunities for anti-social behaviour and crime, and improve community confidence in the safety of this area. / Eastern
Greater Dandenong City Council / Central Dandenong / Safe City CCTV - Foster Street Precinct: $250,000.
This project will develop a14-camera CCTV system in the Foster Street / Dandenong Railway station precinct in Central Dandenong. The CCTV system will be one of a suite of measures implemented as part of the Victorian Government’s Revitalising Central Dandenong project to reduce levels of crime and increase community confidence in their safety within the precinct. / Southern
Greater Shepparton City Council / Shepparton / SheppartonCBDSafeCity Camera Project: $250,000.
This project will develop a 23-camera CCTV system for the Shepparton CBD, as part of a multifaceted approach to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour and improve community confidence in their safety in Shepparton. / Hume
Horsham Rural City Council / Horsham CBD / Horsham CBD CCTV: $191,497.
This project will upgrade 12 existing CCTV cameras and install an additional 10 cameras at new sites within the Horsham CBD to help deter crime, with a specific focus on assaults, property damage and theft. / Grampians
Kingston City Council / Carrum / Underpass at PattersonRiver: $53,000.
The PattersonRiver underpass provides access for people travelling to and from Carrum beach and the residential streets along Patterson river, and the nearby Carrum railway station. Using Safer Design principles, this project aims to reduce the opportunity for crime and anti-social behaviour and to improve the actual and perceived safety of people using the underpass. The project will implement a range of infrastructure work, including improved lighting to remove possible entrapment and concealment areas, and improve sight-lines and opportunities for natural surveillance. / Southern
Latrobe City Council / Traralgon CBD / Traralgon CBD CCTV: $117,000.
This project will install eight CCTV cameras at key locations within Traralgon’s entertainment precinct to help deter crime and reduce anti-social behaviour, and improve community confidence in the safety of the area. The installation of CCTV will complement associated safety initiatives implemented by the Traralgon CBD Safety Committee and its partners. / Gippsland
Manningham City Council / Warrandyte / Light Up Warrandyte Community Centre: $57,500.
The Warrandyte Community Centre is an important community hub with a number of services and facilities co-located there. This project aims to provide the community with safe and secure access to the Centre with the introduction of extra lighting to the car park and pathways. The increasing lighting will enhance community confidence in the safety of the facility, promote community participation, and provide a deterrent to antisocial or criminal behaviour. / Eastern
Mansfield Shire Council / Mansfield / Mansfield Recreation Reserve Lighting: $53,400.
This project will upgrade and install lighting around the Mansfield Recreation Reserve to deter anti-social behaviour, enhance perceptions of safety and increase awareness of community crime prevention. If issues of anti-social behaviour are addressed, it is anticipated that the community will have increased confidence in using public facilities later into the day and into the evening. / Hume
Maribyrnong City Council / Footscray / Lightening Up Footscray: $40,000.
This project will support lighting and amenity upgrades to Raleigh Street and Trugo Lane in Footscray. The upgrades aim to discourage anti-social activity in these areas and improve actual and perceived levels of safety. The project works are consistent with the broad directions of Council’s overarching safety plan ‘A Shared Approach to Safety in Footscray’ and specific components of the Footscray at Night Lighting Strategy. / North West
Melton Shire Council / Melton / MacphersonPark Oval Pavilion Security: $9,900.
This project will install three heavy security doors with compliant latches at Macpherson Park Oval Pavilion. These security measures will help reduce the number of burglaries and the level of malicious damage at this relatively isolated site. / North West
Mitchell Shire Council / Pyalong / Pyalong Recreation ReserveCCTV: $21,988.
This project will install a CCTV system within the Pyalong Recreation Reserve to deter incidents of criminal damage and theft at the sporting reserve, and to identify offenders involved in the commission of an offence.Reducing the level of criminal activity occurring at the reserve will support the volunteers operating this small community sporting facility. / Hume
Moyne Shire Council / Winslow / Winslow Recreation Reserve Security: $4,022.80
The Winslow Recreation Reserve is used extensively by the local community for recreational purposes, and the club rooms are home to several sporting and community groups. This project will upgrade security at the facility, including installation of a wireless alarm system, upgraded locks, security window screens and security lighting, to reduce the risk of theft and vandalism. / Barwon South
Northern Grampians Shire Council / Stawell / Lighting Systems for CatoPark: $12,000.
CatoParkis a highly used community asset for leisure activities and social gatherings. This project will enable vandal proof lighting to be installed throughout the park. The lighting will complement other recent community safety initiatives, reduce anti-social behaviour and improve the community’s perception that the park is a safe and welcoming place to visit. / Grampians
Northern Grampians Shire Council / Stawell / Eventide HomesSafety Lighting: $8,000.
This project will enable six new streetlights to be installed around the boundary of Eventide Homes. The lighting will complement other community safety measures implemented by the Eventide Homes Management. The aim is to improve resident safety in and around the village at night. / Grampians
Northern Grampians Shire Council / St Arnaud / QueenMaryBotanical GardensLighting: $20,000.
This project will install five new vandal resistant lights at the Queen Mary Botanical Gardens in St Arnaud to help reduce the risk of vandalism and other anti-social behaviour, and to improve security. / Grampians
West Wimmera Shire Council / Harrow / Securing the Don Bradman Exhibition: $13,062.48.
This project will provide proactive security measures to protect a rotating collection of memorabilia connected to Australian cricket legend Don Bradman that is on public display at the Johnny Mullagh Cricket Discovery Centre in Harrow. / Grampians
Whittlesea City Council / Lalor / Peter Lalor Walk Redevelopment: $250,000.
This project will redevelop the Peter Lalor Walk, including new feature paving, landscaping, lighting, way-finding signage and shelter structure. The redevelopment incorporates Safer Design measures to promote natural surveillance and support community confidence in using the space. / North West
Wodonga City Council / Wodonga / Safer Access for the Gateway Precinct: $85,000.
Using Safer Design principles, this project will provide security lighting in and around the arts and culture precinct and safe foot access between the arts and culture and the event facilities precincts. The lighting and pathway works are part of the overall precinct plan. / Hume
YarraRanges Shire Council / Mooroolbark / HookeyPark Improvements: $250,000.
Consistent with the recently developed HookeyPark master plan, this project will redesign HookeyPark to improve community safety and access. Lighting, pathway and landscaping works will be undertaken to encourage natural surveillance, promote sight lines and encourage community activity within the park. The upgrade will help deter vandalism and anti-social behaviour currently occurring there. / Eastern

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