Increasing canopy cover in Woodstock Street

Thank you to everyone who provided their feedback. Community engagement on this project has now closed.

Woodstock Street, Balaclava has a low level of canopy cover, to improve this we're planting new trees. The trees are being planted within in-road tree plots, as the footpaths are narrow and do not provide enough underground growing space for tree-roots to grow and establish a large canopy.

We’ve selected two tree species for planting based on their suitability to the site, we asked the community to tell us which of two trees they'd like to see planted along Woodstock Street.

There is no perfect tree. However, the best way to evaluate how a tree will perform in a streetscape is to observe mature trees in surrounding streets or parks. In this case, both proposed trees have terrific local performance as shown at the Woodstock Street Park.

The proposed native trees provide consistency of planting with the existing native in-road trees and will strengthen Woodstock street's character.

The selected trees will be complemented by a smaller flowering eucalypt, Eucalyptus macrandra, which will be planted in smaller in-road plots to avoid impact to overhead powerlines or underground services.

We're not removing car parking.

We understand that maintaining car parking spaces is important to residents in the area, the tree plots have been placed at sites which avoid any reduction in the total number of available car parks on the street.

What are the two choices?