MORE than 10,000 trips have been taken around Frankston on the new orange e-bikes available for hire. 150 pedal-assisted bikes from Neuron Mobility have been put around Frankston as part of a 12 month trial. Since the trial started in January there have been 10,500 trips taken by more than 9000 users. The most popular pick up points include the Visitors Information Centre, Strike Bowling, and the Frankston Railway Station. Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said that the statistics are “encouraging”. “It’s great to see such strong take up around the Visitors Information Centre and Frankston Station, which indicates people are…
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MORE arrests have been made in relation to a series of fires at tobacco stores in the last eight months. A fire at a Lakeview Shopping Centre tobacco store on 9 February gutted multiple businesses. Two men were arrested in relation to the blaze on 7 March. As part of their investigation into three fires allegedly lit at tobacco stores, police have made five more arrests. A 20-year-old Lalor man has been charged with two counts each of intentional destruction of property by fire, criminal damage by fire, burglary, commit indictable offence whilst on bail and one count of contravene…
POLICE allegedly found cannabis, pills, 1,4-Butanediol, and more than $5000 in cash during a raid of a Braeside house last week. Police executed the search warrant on Jarrah Drive on 22 March. As well as the cash and illicit substances police also allege that they seized knuckle dusters, fireworks, and flares. A 35-year-old was arrested at the Braeside house and charged with possess cannabis, possess 1,4-Butanediol, possess drug of dependence, possess prohibited weapon, and deal proceeds of crime. As part of the investigation a 42-year-old Morwell man was also arrested by police in the carpark of a shopping centre in…
THE Horscroft Place Pocket Park has been officially opened. Council purchased 2 Horscroft Place, Moorabbin for $2.49 million in 2019 with the intention of creating the park. The park was opened on 17 March by Kingston mayor Steve Staikos and Bentleigh MP Nick Staikos. The new park includes a large scale mural. The same week, the new upgraded playscape at Warraweena Reserve was also opened. The upgraded space features a playground, refurbished basketball half-court, paths, and trees. Both projects are jointly funded by Kingston Council and the state government. First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 30 March…
CONSTRUCTION will get underway on Suburban Rail Loop East within weeks. SRL East is the stretch of the planned rail loop which runs from Cheltenham on the Frankston line to Box Hill. It is projected to cost more than $30 billion to complete. Initial construction on SRL East is expected to start sometime in the next month. The state government has also opened expressions of interest for tunnelling packages on the project. Crews will build 16 kilometres of twin tunnels from Cheltenham to Glen Waverly, and another will build tunnels between Glen Waverley and Box Hill. The Suburban Rail Loop…