Naa marni everyone.

It’s been a busy couple of months in Boorman Ward with lots of exciting road projects on the go. The work at the Belair triangle is now in the home straight and once completed will enable DIT to undertake studies on changes to traffic flow on Old Belair and James Roads. This commitment came from the community campaign run to both save the hundreds of nationally endangered grey box slated for removal and get a working solution that actually delivers community needs.

Roadworks are recently or imminently to be completed in Haig Street and Smith-Dorrien Street (where new storm-water infrastructure is also being installed). It’s been great to see Treenet inlets being installed as well; these play an important role in ensuring we have cool streets to maximise active transport all year around.

Those of you who use the pedestrian crossing on Princes Road, between the shopping centre and the gym will be pleased to see those works completed. There will now be clarity about right of way, making the crossing safer for all road users, both pedestrians and drivers.

I was privileged to be able to attend a Mayoral forum at Tiwu Kumangka last month, to hear from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates who live in Mitcham and have nominated for our State’s Voice to Parliament. The professional experiences they outlined were nothing short of impressive and it will be great for Council to be able to access advice from this body once established.

It’s also been great to see Rozelle’s, the new restaurant and function centre finally open at Carrick Hill, where it is nestled into the hillside, retaining much of the bushland between it and the more formal areas of the garden.

Lastly, if I may stray from Boorman Ward for a moment, I’ve been fortunate to spend time online with councillors from across Australia, taking part in Climate Emergency Australia’s “Governing in the Climate Emergency” pilot programme. It’s been truly inspiring to hear from others about what they’re doing, the barriers they’re coming up against and how they are negotiating them. This has underscored not only the importance of collaboration with other councillors, but has also served as a reminder of the invaluable work done by countless volunteers across the community.

I love to hear from a diversity of people and encounter a diversity of views, as the vast majority of us are motivated by leaving the world a better place than we found it, making this an enjoyable process.

Please feel free to contact me either by email or mobile if there are issues you’d like to discuss.

jwells@mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au

0403 197 071

Ngaityalya,

Joanna

This article may contain personal views or opinions held by individual Council Members, and may not necessarily represent the formal position of the Council