FRANKSTON Council has agreed to sell land it owns in Carrum Downs to help the state government complete the duplication of Lathams Road.
Council has agreed to sell 135 square metres of land to the Department of Transport for $35,500. Council estimates that the narrow pieces of land have not been used since at least 1999.
The report on the sale prepared by council officers read that the land is zoned industrial. “In this case the land proposed for sale was initially set aside for narrowly designed purposes as either a tree or a plantation reserve. Both types of reserve were historically designed for the mass planting of trees, providing a vegetation buffer between Latham’s Road and the adjacent lots,” the report read.
The sale took place without a public consultation period. The land was sold to the state government in order to avoid the likelihood of it being compulsorily acquired.
The money raised through the sale will be used on upgrades at Wingham Park Senior Activity Place in Karingal.
