Londoners are being encouraged to cast their vote for this year's Neighbourhood Decision Making ideas.

Over the last few months, residents have made their pitches for local initiatives they want to see in their neighbourhood. Some of those include playgrounds, courts and skate parks.

There were 216 ideas put forward this year from across all corners of the city and downtown. A total of 104 ideas have been turned into project proposals that will be up for the vote today.

"Since this is our third year of the program, we have seen people put a lot of thought into their proposals, and they are very impressive!" said Karen Oldham, Manager of Neighbourhood Development and Support.

"This Vote Day is expected to be quite competitive."

London's manager of neighbourhood development and support Karen Oldham joins London Morning with a snap-shot of some of the ideas for neighbourhood improvement. Voting on neighbourhood projects across the city is taking place at library branches and online Saturday 5:17

The city has allocated $250,000 in funding for the program, with a $30,000 limit per project this year. That means at least two projects will receive funding across five areas of London: the northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast and downtown.

Also new this year was implementing an outreach team, capable of speaking six different languages, to connect with London's diverse community.

Voting stations will be available between 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at 15 library branches across the city. Online voting is available at getinvolved.london.ca/NDM between 12 a.m. and 11:59 p.m.

Voting is open to Londoners of all ages and no ID is required.