Masterplan for Buninyong Botanic Gardens

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A plan to fix a leak in the Gong dam in Buninyong has evolved into a wider project to put in place a new masterplan for the surrounding Botanic Gardens area.

The issue was discussed at this week's ordinary council meeting at Ballarat's Town Hall where councillors agreed to work towards a proposed masterplan.

The decision was prompted by a project to correct structural damage to the Gong dam, a body of water in the wilder, less formal side of the town's botanic gardens.

After receiving a large amount of feedback in a mySay survey about the dam works - which had been diagnosed as a flood risk - officers proposed morphing plans into a wider community consultation about the future of the gardens.