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Good morning and welcome again to Your City Today.
早上好，歡迎再次來到《今日城市》節目。
With me today is Graham Campbell, a councilor from the city council.
和我在一起的是市政廳的議員格雷厄姆·坎貝爾。
He will be telling us about the plan to improve the fast-growing suburb of Red Hill.
他將告訴我們關于改善正在蓬勃發展的紅山郊區計劃。
Good morning Graham and welcome to the show. Good morning, Carol.
早上好，格雷厄姆，歡迎來到此次節目。早上好，卡羅爾。
Now, Graham, I understand that there has been a lot of community consultation for the new plan?
格雷厄姆，據說這個新計劃已經進行了許多民意咨詢？
Yes, we've tried to address some of the concerns that local groups told us about.
是的。我們已經竭盡全力去應對那些本地組織向我們反映的一些問題。
People we've heard from are mainly worried about traffic in the area, and, In particular, the increasingspeed of cars near schools.
人們主要擔心該地區的交通問題，特別是校區附近日益增加的車速。
They feel that it is only a matter of time before there is an accident as a lot of the children walk to the school.
有很多學生步行上學，他們覺得出事只是時間問題。
So we're trying to do something about that.
所以我們試著在這方面改善。
Another area of concern is the overhead power lines.
另一個令人擔憂的問題是頭頂的電線。
These are very old and a lot of people we spoke to asked if something could be done about them.
它們非常舊，我們問到的許多人都想知道是否可以改善一下它們。
Well, I'm happy to report that the power company have agreed to move the power lines underground at a cost of $800, 000.
我很高興地告訴大家，電力公司已經同意耗資800，000美元將這些電線轉移到地下。
I think that will really improve the look of the area, as well as being safer.
我認為這會改善該地區的面貌，并且變得更安全。
That's good to know, but will that mean an increase in rates for the local businesses in that area?
這是好消息，但這是否意味著該地區的企業稅會增加？
Well, the power company have agreed to bear the cost of this themselves after a lot of discussion with the council.
在與委員會經過多次討論后，電力公司同意承擔這方面的花費。
This is wonderful news as the council now has some extra funds for us to put into other things like tree planting and art work.
這是一個好消息，委員會現在有更多的資金為我們建設其他的東西，如植樹和藝術作品。
