Incorporate a greater variety of tree species to allow for unpredictability in trees coping with climate changes and to increase biodiversity Refer to the City of Melbourne 2020 – Vision. Include like Casuarina to provide a food source for the threatened Glossy Black Cockatoo and provide artificial hollows for roosting and nesting. Incorporate a range of structural vegetation categories (shrubs, grasses, groundcovers, climbers) to provide increased terrestrial urban habitat and link to the extent that this is possible Box-Gum Woodland communities on O’Connor Ridge and Mount Ainslie. Incorporate Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) measures to allow Haig Park to act as a sponge, slowing and absorbing urban stormwater and nutrients (see section below). Due to the extent of the canopy and existing root systems, space is limited in many parts of the park, however, existing drains and swales could be converted to rain gardens. Plant with appropriate locally occurring aquatic plant material. Retrofit Sullivans Creek (currently a concrete stormwater drain) in Turner to include a creek’ and retain the existing concrete channel as a bypass structure for large ‘naturalised storm events. Plant with appropriate locally occurring aquatic plant material. Design for future irrigation requirements (given increased hot weather) and include storage capacity as part of the WSUD system. Water sensitive urban design opportunities for Haig Park Sullivans Creek cuts through Haig Park in Turner. There is space in this section of the park to create an offline creek channel that improves downstream water quality and provides based recreation ‘nature’ opportunities in areas close to the city. Image: Edwina Robinson The 2000 Sullivans Creek Catchment Management Plan identified the need to include retrofitted wetlands into the catchment to help improve the downstream water quality of Lake Burley Griffin and the Murrumbidgee River. Three wetlands were identified within Haig Park. Wetlands and other WSUD measures like rain gardens and creek restoration can play a role in improving the quality of urban stormwater by filtering nutrients and sediment from stormwater. They also slow down the water runoff which will increase safety in urban environments, especially with future predictions of storm intensity increasing. Extract from 2000 Sullivans Creek Catchment Management Plan which identified a series of wetlands within Haig Park to deal with improving urban stormwater quality. Source: ACT Government
Incorporate a greater variety of tree species to allow for unpredictability in trees coping with climate changes and to increase biodiversity – Refer to the City of Melbourne 2020 Vision. Include like Casuarina to provide a food source for the threatened Glossy Black Cockatoo and provide artificial hollows for roosting and nesting. Incorporate a range of structural vegetation categories (shrubs, grasses, groundcovers, climbers) to provide increased terrestrial urban habitat and link to the extent that this is possible Box-Gum Woodland communities on O’Connor Ridge and Mount Ainslie. Incorporate Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) measures to allow Haig Park to act as a sponge, slowing and absorbing urban stormwater and nutrients (see section below). Due to the extent of the canopy and existing root systems, space is limited in many parts of the park, however, existing drains and swales could be converted to rain gardens. Plant with appropriate locally occurring aquatic plant material. Retrofit Sullivans Creek (currently a concrete stormwater drain) in Turner to include a ‘naturalised creek’ and retain the existing concrete channel as a bypass structure for large storm events. Plant with appropriate locally occurring aquatic plant material. Design for future irrigation requirements (given increased hot weather) and include storage capacity as part of the WSUD system. Water sensitive urban design opportunities for Haig Park Sullivans Creek cuts through Haig Park in Turner. There is space in this section of the park to create an offline creek channel that improves downstream water quality and provides ‘nature’ based recreation opportunities in areas close to the city. Image: Edwina Robinson The 2000 Sullivans Creek Catchment Management Plan identified the need to include retrofitted wetlands into the catchment to help improve the downstream water quality of Lake Burley Griffin and the Murrumbidgee River. Three wetlands were identified within Haig Park. Wetlands and other WSUD measures like rain gardens and creek restoration can play a role in improving the quality of urban stormwater by filtering nutrients and sediment from stormwater. They also slow down the water runoff which will increase safety in urban environments, especially with future predictions of storm intensity increasing. Extract from 2000 Sullivans Creek Catchment Management Plan which identified a series of wetlands within Haig Park to deal with improving urban stormwater quality. Source: ACT Government
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