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BAYSWATER city council will plant trees and monitor sound beside a waste transfer station in Collier Road following complaints.

Residents living in Shalford Street 150m behind the station have lost patience with Transpacific Cleanaway, which manages the plant, and have petitioned the council about noise and smell.

The council voted to plant trees along Joan Rycroft Reserve to block noise and visual pollution, investigate measures to reduce the effect of heavy vehicles on local streets and install noise monitoring equipment in a resident’s property. “Planting trees is a good solution, as it ties in with our policy to improve our tree canopy across the city,” says Cr Barry McKenna. “This plant is 28-years-old and needs updating.”