Southern Grampians Shire Council will commence landscaping works on Ballarat Road early next month. The project is the first stage of a strategic landscape plan for Hamilton’s major town entrances, as identified in the 2011 Hamilton Structure Plan.
New trees and shrubs will be installed in the median and nature strips located on Ballarat Road between Hiller Lane and George Street. The new plantings will create an avenue effect, with nature strips on both sides of Ballarat Road planted with identical species.
The tree and shrub selections comply with both VicRoads’s guidelines and Council’s Urban Tree Asset Management Plan. They will also accommodate the restricting low-hanging low voltage wires on the northern boundary.
The species selected for planting are: