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Moonee Ponds Creek Implementation Plan
The Moonee Ponds Creek is a unifying north-south spine linking several central city urban renewal precincts. It is an under-utilised biodiversity and community asset.
Before European settlement, the Moonee Ponds Creek was a travel route and water and food source for Aboriginal people.
After 1835, the creek was used as an industrial drain and transport corridor and as a result was highly polluted. Since the 1980s local community groups, including the Friends of the Moonee Ponds Creek, have been working hard to protect the creek and today the creek is cleaner than in the past.
Areas near the creek, including Arden, Macaulay and Docklands are now undergoing significant renewal, and a major freeway connecting CityLink to the West Gate Tunnel is being built above the creek. These projects present a significant opportunity to further revitalise the creek and its surrounds.
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