The plans to re-open Melbourne will largely rest on making the city safe
Christmas will take on a distinctly different flavour this year but the City of Melbourne says the CBD will stay open for business as the city slowly claws its way back from the biggest downturn since the wake of World War I.
A very different picture: Shoppers pictured in Melbourne's CBD during last year's Christmas shopping rush.The plans will largely rest on making the city safe – with enhanced cleaning regimes to become a regular fixture – and attracting people back to the CBD. But next week, with the city a virtual ghost town, the council's Future Melbourne committee will instead approve plans to manage the city's "reactivation and recovery".
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