The Whittlesea township’s main shopping strip will shine a little brighter after Whittlesea council vowed to improve lighting along Church Street.
The council has allocated $160,000 in its 2018-19 draft budget to improve the street and pedestrian lighting along Church Street after 18 months of lobbying by Cr Emilia Lisa Sterjova.
Cr Sterjova asked her colleagues last year to fund a study to determine whether lighting along Church Street was adequate.
Her request was in response to safety concerns raised by traders and the community, who felt the street was too dark and that they could not move around the street safely at night.
Cr Sterjova said the study found there were blackspots in Church Street.
The funding will be used to increase lighting similar to other local town centres.
The council is also planning to spend $500,000 to refurbish the Whittlesea Swim Centre.
