More trees for Hume

Key points

• More than 100,000 trees will be planted across 13 projects, with $1.5 million directed to suburbs with less tree cover and greater exposure to heat. A further $1.5 million will fund 10 projects that give busy shopping strips and streets a green makeover, including in St Albans, Sunshine West, Brunswick and Richmond.
• Projects include 16,000 trees across Hume and 14,000 at Cranwell Park in Braybrook.
• Environment Minister Jaclyn Symes said the government had already planted half a million trees across Melbourne's west.