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Part A:

Good morning and welcome again to Your City Today.

早上好，欢迎再次来到我们的节目Your City Today。

With me today is Graham Campbell, a councilor from the city council.

我今天邀请到的是Graham Campbell，他是市议会议员。

He will be telling us about the plan to improve the fast-growing suburb of Red Hill.

他会告诉我们一些计划，如何让正在快速发展的Red Hill更好。

Good morning Graham and welcome to the show.

早上好，Graham，欢迎来到我们的节目。

Good morning, Carol.

早上好，Carol。

Now, Graham, I understand that there has been a lot of community consultation for the new plan.

Graham，我听说现在社区里有很多人都在咨询这个最新计划?

Yes, we've tried to address some of the concerns that local groups told us about.

是的，我们试图解决一些当地组织告诉我们的问题。

People we've heard from are mainly worried about traffic in the area, and, in particular, the increasing speed of cars near schools.

我们听到大多数人们都很担心这个地区的交通，特别是在学校附近汽车越来越快了。

They feel that it's only a matter of time before there is an accident as a lot of the children walk to the school.

他们认为迟早都会有交通意外，因为许多孩子都是走路去学校。

So we're trying to do something about that.

所以我们要做些什么。

Another area of concern is the overhead power lines.

另一个值得关注的是架空电力线。

These are very old and a lot of people we spoke to asked if something could be done about them.

这些线都很陈旧了，我们约谈过很多人，都说要做些什么。

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，现在可以回答说，电力公司同意花800000美元把电力线移到地下。

I think that will really improve the look of the area, as well as being safer.

我认为这将真正改善该地区的外观，也会更加安全。

That's good to know, but will that mean an increase in rates for the local businesses in that area?

这倒是挺好的，但这会不会意味着该地区企业税会增加?

Well, the power company have agreed to bear the cost of this themselves after a lot of discussion with the council.

嗯，在和地方议会讨论后，电力公司已经同意承担费用。

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.

这是好消息，因为议会现在有额外的资金来投入其他项目比如植树和艺术。

Part B:

Now, we've also put together a map which we've sent out to all the residents in the area.

现在，我们还拼凑起了一张地图，已经发给了这个地区所有居民。

And on the map we've marked the proposed changes.

在地图上，我们已经标记了拟议的变化。

Firstly, we'll plant mature pine trees to provide shelter and shade just to the right of the supermarket in Days Road.

首先，我们将在Days Road上的超市右边，种植成熟的松树，提供住房和阴凉处。

In order to address the traffic problems, the pavements on the corner of Carberry and Thomas Street will be widened.

为了解决交通问题，Carberry和Thomas Street拐角处的人行道将被拓宽。

This will help to reduce the speed of vehicles entering Thomas Street.

这将有助于驶入Thomas Street的车辆减速。

We think it's very important to separate the local residential streets from the main road.

我们认为将当地的住宅区和主要道路分开是很重要的。

So the roadway at the entry to Thomas Street from Days Road will be painted red.

因此，从Days Road进入Thomas Street的道路将被漆成红色。

This should mark it more clearly and act as a signal for traffic to slow down.

红色会非常显眼，让人们知道这里要减速。

One way of making sure that the pedestrians are safe is to increase signage at the intersections.

确保行人安全的一种方法是在路口增加指示牌。

A "keep clear"sign will be erected at the junction of Evelyn Street and Hill Street, to enable traffic to exit at all times.

在Evelyn Street和Hill Street的交界处，有一个“保持通畅”的标志，任何汽车都可顺利离开。

Something we're planning to do to help control the flow of traffic in the area is to install traffic lights half way down Hill Street where it crosses Days Road.

我们现在还想要在Hill Street的半当中，也就是和Days Road交界的地方安装交通灯，来帮助控制这个区域的交通流量。

Now, we haven't only thought about the cars and traffic, of course, there's also something for the children.

我们现在不仅仅只是考虑汽车和交通，当然还要考虑孩子。

We're going to get school children in the area to research a local story,the life of a local sports hero perhaps, and an artist will incorporate that story into paintings on the wall of a building on the other side of Hill Street from the supermarket.

我们要当地学校的孩子们去研究他们本地的故事，也许是一个当地体育英雄的生活，然后一个艺术家将把这个故事画在一个建筑物的墙上，这个建筑物是在Hill Street上超市的对面。

And finally, we've agreed to build a new children's playground which will be at the other end of Hill Street close to the intersection with Carberry Street.

最后，我们已经同意建立一个新的儿童操场，将会在 Hill Street的另一端，靠近Carberry Street的交叉口。

Wonderful, now, what's the next stage?

太精彩了，现在我们谈一下，下一个阶段是什么?

Well, the final plan...

好的，最后的计划是…