Council to create well-lit areas in cab rank safety move to curb violence in Brunswick after Jill Meagher murder Jill Meagher disappeared on September 22 after walking home along Sydney Rd following a night out. ILLUMINATED cab ranks will be offered in Brunswick in a bid to increase safety and reduce violence following Jill Meagher's murder. Moreland City Council has been pushing for three well-lit ranks with LED footpath markings in the popular bar zone in the inner north. The council will today be awarded $105,000 to install two ranks in Sydney Rd and another outside Bridie O'Reilly's pub in Brunswick Rd. The ranks - similar to ones already operating in Chapel St - will operate on Friday and Saturday nights. Moreland CEO Peter Brown said the council was "rapt" to receive the money. "These sorts of initiatives all help to make the area a safer place, especially as more and more people are coming to that area in the evenings," Mr Brown said. Transport Minister Terry Mulder said the ranks would improve community safety. "The tragedy of Jill Meagher was a heart-wrenching reminder of the importance of getting home safely," Mr Mulder said. Ultimately we want a safe, convenient and obvious place for people to get a taxi if they're heading home late. Eleven councils, including Moreland, will share $786,000 as part of the Victorian Taxi Directorate's Taxi Rank Safety Program, which helps fund shelters, seating and lighting, and other features such as road markings and CCTV cameras. Ms Meagher disappeared on September 22 after walking home along Sydney Rd following a night out. The 29-year-old ABC worker's body was found in a shallow grave in Gisborne South on September 28. Adrian Ernest Bayley has pleaded guilty to her murder. Mr Brown told the Herald Sun in November that her death had sharpened the focus on personal safety issues in the municipality. "As a council we want to try to do all we can to ensure something like that doesn't happen again," he said.