By Cam Lucadou-Wells
CASEY Council will seek to take control of a VicTrack-owned rail overpass’s walls that have been long blighted by graffiti.
Mayor Sam Aziz proposed at a council meeting on 6 December that Casey take at least a 10-year lease on the walls on Narre Warren Cranbourne Road to ensure they were free of “vandalism”.
Cr Aziz said he’d “had enough” of VicTrack’s reluctance to clean what was a “gateway” to Narre Warren and Fountain Gate.
VicTrack had advised that it would take action only when the tags were offensive or caused a safety hazard, he said.
The council will write to VicTrack with its request, and Casey officers will explore possible designs at the site for advertising community announcements and Bunjil Place.
Cr Aziz, who assigned a cleaniness portfolio to colleague Wayne Smith, also moved for a crackdown on “shabby” home fencing and illegal hard rubbish dumping.
“We have a beautiful master-planned city but we have elements that look shabby”.
In his desire for a cleaner, proud city, he said Casey resourcing one compliance officer to govern the issue “leaves a lot to be desired” .
He also called for more community education.
