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Good morning and welcome again to Your City Today.
早上好，欢迎再次来到《今日城市》节目。
With me today is Graham Campbell, a councilor from the city council.
和我在一起的是市政厅的议员格雷厄姆·坎贝尔。
He will be telling us about the plan to improve the fast-growing suburb of Red Hill.
他将告诉我们关于改善正在蓬勃发展的红山郊区计划。
Good morning Graham and welcome to the show. Good morning, Carol.
早上好，格雷厄姆，欢迎来到此次节目。早上好，卡罗尔。
Now, Graham, I understand that there has been a lot of community consultation for the new plan?
格雷厄姆，据说这个新计划已经进行了许多民意咨询？
Yes, we've tried to address some of the concerns that local groups told us about.
是的。我们已经竭尽全力去应对那些本地组织向我们反映的一些问题。
People we've heard from are mainly worried about traffic in the area, and, In particular, the increasingspeed of cars near schools.
人们主要担心该地区的交通问题，特别是校区附近日益增加的车速。
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.
有很多学生步行上学，他们觉得出事只是时间问题。
So we're trying to do something about that.
所以我们试着在这方面改善。
Another area of concern is the overhead power lines.
另一个令人担忧的问题是头顶的电线。
These are very old and a lot of people we spoke to asked if something could be done about them.
它们非常旧，我们问到的许多人都想知道是否可以改善一下它们。
Well, I'm happy to report that the power company have agreed to move the power lines underground at a cost of $800, 000.
我很高兴地告诉大家，电力公司已经同意耗资800，000美元将这些电线转移到地下。
I think that will really improve the look of the area, as well as being safer.
我认为这会改善该地区的面貌，并且变得更安全。
That's good to know, but will that mean an increase in rates for the local businesses in that area?
这是好消息，但这是否意味着该地区的企业税会增加？
Well, the power company have agreed to bear the cost of this themselves after a lot of discussion with the council.
在与委员会经过多次讨论后，电力公司同意承担这方面的花费。
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.
这是一个好消息，委员会现在有更多的资金为我们建设其他的东西，如植树和艺术作品。
