Good morning and welcome again to Your City Today.With me today is Graham Campbell, a councilor from the city council.He will be telling us about the plan to improve the fast-growing suburb of Red Hill.Good morning Graham and welcome to the show. Good morning, Carol.Now, Graham, I understand that there has been a lot of community consultation for the new plan?Yes, we've tried to address some of the concerns that local groups told us about.People we've heard from are mainly worried about traffic in the area, and, In particular, the increasing speed of cars near schools.They feel that it is only a matter of time before there is an accident as a lot of the children walk to the school.So we're trying to do something about that.Another area of concern is the overhead power lines.These are very old and a lot of people we spoke to asked if something could be done about them.Well, I'm happy to report that the power company have agreed to move the power lines underground at a cost of $800, 000.I think that will really improve the look of the area, as well as being safer.That's good to know, but will that mean an increase in rates for the local businesses in that area?Well, the power company have agreed to bear the cost of this themselves after a lot of discussion with the council.This is wonderful news as the council now has some extra funds for us to put into other things like tree planting and art work.
