Knox City Council beautifies streetscapes

Knox City Council are beautifying local streetscapes and enhancing amenities to support business activation.

Council received $300,000 through the COVID Safe Outdoor Activation Fund from the Victorian Government to create more outdoor dining locations, beautify streetscapes, and host exciting events to increase foot traffic to the area’s retail centres.

Beautification works and amenity upgrades have been completed across six retail centres in Knox:

• Scoresby Shopping Village

• Mountain Gate Shopping Village

• Knoxfield Shopping Village

• Ferntree Gully Village

• Rowville Lakes Shopping Centre

• Wantirna Mall

Locals and visitors have more areas to rest, enjoy meals, socialise and park their bicycles.

The majority of works occurred in Scoresby Shopping Village, with the creation of two new community dining spaces. The two spaces consist of dining pods, mud rock seating areas, spacious picnic benches and tables with in-built chess and backgammon boards.

Upgrades at Mountain Gate Shopping Village include the installation of mud rock seating areas, and festoon lighting to add warmth and a touch of magic to the area.

Across all six retail centres, Council has installed a total of 27 park benches, 18 planter boxes and 11 bike hoops.

Council also has plans to install four planter boxes and two bike hoops at Studfield Shopping Centre in the coming months. Installation can commence after South East Water have completed their maintenance and repair works in the area.

Image: Scoresby Dining Pods and mud rock seating