Green Adelaide is to launch a series of new projects to keep the State’s capital cool with street plantings, green walls and a new ‘cool corridor’.
Announced by the Minister for Environment and Water, David Speirs, the Statutory Body’s program for greener city streets Program; Grants for “Wild Walls and Roofs”; Cool Corridors; and rebates for green water Rebates were expected to create a cooler, greener, wilder and more climate-resilient CBD over the next four years.
Mr Speirs said the Greener City Streets Program would be dedicated to specific greening of CBD streets based on heat and tree canopy mapping, while the Cool Corridor Program would create a ‘green artery’ of streets and laneways through the heart of the CBD, via strategically selected locations.
He said heat mapping data had been used to determine the warmest areas of the CBD and there would be a focused effort to green and cool the areas through planting trees and other vegetation and building green roofs and walls.
The Minister said the Cool Corridor was a vision for a green walkway through the heart of the city through multi-use paths, shade and greenery that created a more attractive and cooler city space for everyone to enjoy.
“Green walls and roofs are an effective and alternative way to improve the visual amenity of the city, which improves wellbeing and encourages people to spend more time in an area which helps stimulate our economy,” he said.
Green Adelaide Member, Chris Daniels said planning for the four new programs was expected to start from early 2022 and was part of Adelaide’s push to become a National Park City.
Professor Daniels said the programs would be led by Green Adelaide in partnership with the City of Adelaide and other Councils, SA Water and the Essential Services Commission of South Australia.
