A man has had his licence immediately suspended for 12 months and his car impounded after allegedly driving more than three times over the legal limit in Bonbeach on Sunday morning. Moorabbin Highway Patrol officers intercepted the driver on Nepean Highway about 12.50am on 29 September. The 31-year-old man underwent a roadside breath test and returned an alleged evidentiary result of .191. The Dandenong man had his car impounded for 30 days at a cost of $1100 and is expected to be charged on summons with traffic offences. This intercept forms part of Operation Scoreboard, a statewide road policing operation…
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FRANKSTON City Council has agreed to work with the Frankston City Motorcycle Club to explore options to reopen Frankston City Motorcycle Park.The decision, made unanimously at the Council’s 12 August meeting, follows the release earlier this year of a Coroner’s report into a fatality at the site in 2017. The report did not make any adverse findings or recommendations.Council will now work with the club to explore a range of options for the future management of the park. The park, located in Seaford, has been closed since December 2017 following the tragic death of Sebastian D’Imperio. Councillors extended their deepest…
ACCESS to boat ramps on the Mornington Peninsula and Frankston will be improved after the state government awarded its annual dredging grants to various projects. The projects at Tootgarook, Dromana, and Kananook Creek boat ramps were announced on September 16 as part of the recreational boating access and dredging grants, which are provided through the government’s better boating fund.The money will be used to dredge Anthony’s Nose boat ramp near Dromana using a long reach excavator, which will be undertaken for the first time by Dromana Foreshore Committee of Management thanks to a grant of $42,000.Tootgarook boat ramp will be…
THE dangerous and congested level crossings at Warrigal Road, Mentone and Parkers Road, Parkdale are now gone for good and the new Parkdale Station is open to passengers.Two lifts at the station opened for commuters last week, marking another important milestone in delivering an accessible station for everyone. With lifts open on both platforms, the accessible taxi service will no longer operate between Mentone and Mordialloc.Crews are putting the finishing touches on the project, including completing the new station, constructing car parks, installing new walking and cycling paths as well as landscaping.Last week, 9 new car parking spaces opened in…
Compiled by Cameron McCulloughTHE date of Sergt. Culhane’s departure for fresh fields and pastures new is looming on the horizon of events, and while his promotion to other climes is wholly deserving, this most zealous and astute officer has, during his term in Frankston, made himself so extremely popular, that all concerned will join in regretting the loss which the town will sustain when he bids adieu to his many friends and well-wishers.As a rule the Chief of Law and Order, in any sphere, is generally looked upon by the community as a personage to be kept at a safe…