COLAC traders are frustrated that civic leaders have refused to immediately clean up messy garden beds in the city’s main street.
Traders want action on garden bed mess
Front right, business owner Cressi Golding has the support of more than 19 other central Colac traders who have asked Colac Otway Shire Council to improve untidy garden beds in the Colac’s Murray Street shopping area.
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I had to look at the attached image to work out what garden beds they were talking about. Honestly, most people don’t even notice them.
I’d suggest a working bee but then there would need to be a feasibility study for the insurance costs.
Seriously though, council. How far are you out of touch? Stop replanting the roundabouts with vision-obscuring plants and put them in these garden beds.
Well done Colac Traders we all need to get behind our business owners it’s hard enough without having the support from our local Shire making it worse .Im a business owner not in the CBD but travel around our shire it disappointing that its got to this stage when you travel around the state where towns smaller then Colac they are very well presented and clean Colac Otway shire you are doing something wrong here .Sue wilkinson not sure where your head is at the moment with a comment you put in the Hearld on Wednesday your going to wait on a report for pulling out weeds and listening to the people who have concerns in the place they work, live and play.Well done to the Councillor Smith and Delahuty for supporting your people who put you their. I would ask CEO and Councillors of the Shire to walk out of the RAE St office and around the corner to Murray st instead of wasting time on a report for what? You can see whats going on if you can’t well its time for you to go and let people who care look after our town .Theres one thing we can’t blame is Cosworks outdoor staff when the CEO won’t let them even pull out a Weed maybe if councillors and Managment staff thought about just a little bit you do have tree timers and mulsher owned by the shire simple fix without a costly report time wasting use the Mulsh Cosworks collect at least it will be somthing.
I think they should drop the whole idea of the garden on the corner of Queen & Murray… Its only going to end up a mess and will have very little importance to the overall town.
As for the existing garden beds and center stop, well that’s all just a joke! Poor planning and maintenance by council and a lack of respect from people within the community has led to their ruin. Should electrify that chain and make all the lazy people use the crossing provided. I have health problems which limit my movement, yet I can still walk the extra and use the crossings! Maybe we need the Police to wander the street in plain clothes and book a few people for J walking. ?