UPGRADES to the pedestrian crossing at Hall Road near Rowellyn Avenue in Carrum Downs are now complete. Traffic lights have been installed at the crossing, complete with an LED “No Right Turn” sign during school times. The lighting and guardrails have also been improved.Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “we know how important it is for children and their families to safely travel to and from school, which is why we’ve worked to deliver these crucial upgrades to the pedestrian crossing at Hall Road.” “Ensuring the community can safely and easily move throughout their local area will always be our priority,”…
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THE peninsula branch of the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation will host its annual Gala Ball fundraiser next month.The Blue Ribbon branch has been fundraising to install two Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation machines at the intensive care unit in Frankston Hospital (pictured above). It has now met its goal, and will begin fundraising for a Fetal Monitoring Service. The Blue Ribbon Gala Ball will be held at the Mornington Race Course on Saturday, 26 July.The peninsula branch is also set to host an invite-only event at the Frankston Arts Centre in honour of the four police members who died in the…
A MAN has been arrested after he was allegedly clocked driving at nearly 200 kmph on the Mornington Peninsula Freeway in Dingley Village. Police say that they recorded the driver travelling at 198 kmph in the 100 kmph speed limit zone at around 7.30pm on 6 June. Police pulled over the silver Ford sedan just before the Governor Road exit and arrested the driver.The 19-year-old Frankston South man was interviewed in relation to conduct endangering life, dangerous driving, and other traffic offences, police say. He was released and is expected to be charged with numerous driving offences, to be summonsed…
Compiled by Cameron McCullough A movement to secure the establishment of a new railway with a terminus at Westernport Bay was initiated at a meeting which was held in the Municipal Chambers, Queen street, recently.The meeting was convened as a result of a resolution of the Moorabbin Shire Council.Councillors and landholders representing Moorabbin, Oakleigh, Dandenong, Cranbourne, and Frankston Shires, the Borough of Carrum, and the town of Mentone-Mordialloc attended.A sub-committee of 21 councillors and landholders was elected with a view to urging the establishment of a line half-way between the Mordialloc-Frankston and the Dandenong Cranbourne lines.The proposal under consideration is…
CONSTRUCTION on the $50 million Frankston Basketball Stadium is set to begin at the end of this month.Earlier this year, Frankston Council signed a $50 million contract to rebuild the Seaford stadium. The finished project is expected to feature ten basketball courts, a show court with retractable seating for up to 1000 people, two multi-purpose courts suitable for volleyball, futsal, and badminton, function spaces, a café, and a dedicated gymnastics hall. Last week, Frankston District Basketball Association CEO Wayne Holdsworth announced that construction will get underway on 30 June.“In collaboration with Frankston Council, its building contractor Ireland Brown Constructions, and…