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Consultation has concluded

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Background information

Roads and asphalt areas have been identified as a major heat source in urban areas, absorbing heat during the day, making streets and surrounding areas hot. At night, they release this absorbed heat, which increases overnight temperatures. Heat mapping has shown that much of our municipality is recording temperatures between 5-15 degrees higher than the non-urban baseline.

Combating increasing heat in our community has been identified as a key priority in Council’s Urban Cooling Strategy.

Council action

Supporting this priority, Council will be trialling an innovative road coating to the south-west portion of Kembla Street, Cheltenham.

Cool road treatments have been evidenced to reduce road surface temperature by between 3°C and 16°C.

Before proceeding with this initiative, road surface temperature testing will be conducted. Testing will be conducted again post application, to inform the use of future road surfacing products and enable us to advocate for more innovative urban development to create cooler places for our community.

Project timeframes and impacts

Temperature testing
Temperature testing is expected to be carried out between late January and late March, and again post-application, from late March to early June. There will be no impact on traffic or business during this time.

Road coating
Road coating is expected to be carried out in late March and will be completed in one day, COVID restrictions and weather permitting.

Kembla Street will be fully closed off to traffic and pedestrians during application, for the safety of the community. Street parking in the trial area will not be available during the works. Traffic management will be onsite to safely direct traffic and pedestrians during this time.

Works will be completed on the weekend to minimise disruption to businesses, with the street reopened to traffic and pedestrians on the Monday following application.

Have your say

Council is keen to seek a broad range of feedback from the community to help inform the trial application of a cool road treatment in Kembla Street, Cheltenham. You can share your views by:

  • Completing the short online survey below
  • Making a further submission by emailing info@kingston.vic.gov.au mailing PO Box 1000, Mentone 3194 or phoning 1300 653 356.

Consultation closes Friday 11 March 2022

Map of trial site

Example of a cool road treatment lightening the asphalt from black to light grey. Source: City of Charles Sturt

Consultation has concluded

**For the latest updates on this project visit the News Feed at the bottom of this page**


Background information

Roads and asphalt areas have been identified as a major heat source in urban areas, absorbing heat during the day, making streets and surrounding areas hot. At night, they release this absorbed heat, which increases overnight temperatures. Heat mapping has shown that much of our municipality is recording temperatures between 5-15 degrees higher than the non-urban baseline.

Combating increasing heat in our community has been identified as a key priority in Council’s Urban Cooling Strategy.

Council action

Supporting this priority, Council will be trialling an innovative road coating to the south-west portion of Kembla Street, Cheltenham.

Cool road treatments have been evidenced to reduce road surface temperature by between 3°C and 16°C.

Before proceeding with this initiative, road surface temperature testing will be conducted. Testing will be conducted again post application, to inform the use of future road surfacing products and enable us to advocate for more innovative urban development to create cooler places for our community.

Project timeframes and impacts

Temperature testing
Temperature testing is expected to be carried out between late January and late March, and again post-application, from late March to early June. There will be no impact on traffic or business during this time.

Road coating
Road coating is expected to be carried out in late March and will be completed in one day, COVID restrictions and weather permitting.

Kembla Street will be fully closed off to traffic and pedestrians during application, for the safety of the community. Street parking in the trial area will not be available during the works. Traffic management will be onsite to safely direct traffic and pedestrians during this time.

Works will be completed on the weekend to minimise disruption to businesses, with the street reopened to traffic and pedestrians on the Monday following application.

Have your say

Council is keen to seek a broad range of feedback from the community to help inform the trial application of a cool road treatment in Kembla Street, Cheltenham. You can share your views by:

  • Completing the short online survey below
  • Making a further submission by emailing info@kingston.vic.gov.au mailing PO Box 1000, Mentone 3194 or phoning 1300 653 356.

Consultation closes Friday 11 March 2022

Map of trial site

Example of a cool road treatment lightening the asphalt from black to light grey. Source: City of Charles Sturt

  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Cool Roads Project Survey

    Please let us know your thoughts on this trial road treatment.

    The information you provide will be collected and used to help make decisions on this matter. Summarised responses may be made publicly available, but will always be deidentified.

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