Cavenagh Street, in the centre of Darwin, is a cutting-edge experimental ‘street cooling’ project. This street was a city hotspot that generated high temperatures and impacted thermal comfort levels across the city. To put heat mitigation theory into practice, several treatments were implemented along this street as part of the Darwin City Deal:

• A 55 m long shade structure was built using stringybark timber supplied by the Gumatj Corporation from East Arnhem Land.
• Rangoon Creeper and Orange Trumpet vines were planted to provide shade by growing over the structure. These reached the top of the structure in late 2019 and continue to grow.
• Light-coloured and heat-reflective road surface treatments were installed to reduce pavement surface temperatures.
• 29 trees have been planted in especially designed tree pits and median beds to provide shade.

The treatments are monitored by several sensors. This data will allow us to assess the effectiveness of the heat mitigation treatments and use the results to inform future work.

 Source: https://dipl.nt.gov.au/projects/heat-mitigation-trial