A LITTER trap is set to be installed soon to stop rubbish flowing into Patterson River. The litter trap is planned for the lower part of Dandenong Creek. Melbourne Water has confirmed that the trap will be designed and installed later this year.“As part of the Lower Dandenong Creek Litter Action Plan, which is delivered in partnership with Kingston, Greater Dandenong and Casey councils, EPA, and Parks Victoria, we’ll install a litter trap in the lower stretches of the Dandenong Creek which will service more than half of the upstream catchment area that feeds into Patterson River,” a Melbourne Water…
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Compiled by Cameron McCullough A DEPUTATION from the Frankston and Hastings Shire Council, consisting of Councillors W. J. Oates, F. H. Wells, C. Gray, and J. Bradbury, accompanied by Mr. D. J. Quartermain, the manager of the Council’s Electric undertaking, waited upon the Electricity Commission today, with regard to the many interruptions in the service that have been experienced recently.The deputation pointed out that, during the month of February there had been no less than eight stoppages – some of them being of quite a lengthy period.The case of the all day Sunday stoppage was specially stressed, as this stoppage…
THREE guns were found in a car in Frankston South earlier this month, police say. Police allege they spotted a Volkswagen Golf with stolen plates on Frankston-Flinders Road just before 2am on 8 March. They arrested the 34-year-old man in the car and searched the vehicle.Three firearms were allegedly found by police in a footwell – a homemade pistol, a 3D-printed pistol, and a gel blaster converted into a gun. They allege they found ammunition as well.A man from Baxter has since been charged with prohibited person possess firearm, possess ammunition, handle stolen goods, drive whilst disqualified, drive unregistered motor…
THE Tiny Home Expo is coming to Mornington Peninsula, and Expo Organisers say the event is gathering more and more interest as people seek alternative solutions to a multitude of pressures from rental stress, the housing crisis, and also aged care alternatives, and options for young people wanting to save rental money.“Whilst initially the Tiny House Movement was in the realm of a alternative lifestyles, a greener solution and coming from the aspect of having less ’stuff’, in more recent years it has attracted a much wider audience in search of solutions to an array of issues, the most obvious…
MORE than 200 requests for proposed building height limits near Kananook Creek to be reduced have been denied by Frankston Council officers.The FMAC structure plan, which outlines new preferred height limits of up to 16 storeys in Frankston’s city centre, has been out for public consultation. Frankston Council received 429 submissions on the plan – nearly half of them focused on proposed 12 storey height limits near Kananook Creek.Council officers wrote in their report that 215 submissions were made objecting to the proposed height limits in the precinct bordered by Nepean Highway, Beach Street, Wells Street, and Kananook Creek Boulevard.…