CHELTENHAM Station has been officially reopened. The old station was torn down this year as part of level crossing removal works. After two months of construction, the new station is completed. Eight stations have been replaced or remodelled on the Frankston line as part of level crossing removal works. Four more are still scheduled to be redeveloped too. The new Cheltenham Station has two sets of lifts and stairs and a new forecourt and community open space. A multi-level car park is set to be completed next year. Frankston line trains have been running through the new rail trenches below…
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CARRUM Downs will soon be home to a new enclosed dog park. A fenced area will be constructed in Sandfield Reserve. Council received an $87,000 grant from the state government to get started on the project. Sandfield Reserve also features a playground, basketball court, and recently upgraded skatepark. The fenced area for dogs will be the fifth constructed in the Frankston municipality. “This is great news for our community of dog lovers, who will soon have access to a secure space for their beloved fur family members to stretch their legs and get some fresh air,” the mayor Sandra Mayer…
PEDESTRIAN operated signals will be installed on a Carrum Downs road where a 92-year-old woman was hit and killed last year. Frankston Council announced last week that it had secured just under $744,000 from the federal government for improvement works at McCormicks Road. A total of $788,000 towards works on the O’Gradys Road and Frankston-Dandenong Road intersection in Carrum Downs, and $198,000 towards the McClelland Road and Skye Road intersection in Langwarrin was also locked in. Frankston mayor Sandra Mayer said “this is welcome news for commuters travelling along these roads, making the journey for hundreds of people safer and…
By Laura Green MORE than 600 Frankston Hospital staff members have been sent into isolation. A total of 618 staff members were sent into isolation after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at the hospital this month. As of 29 August, 68 cases have been linked to the hospital. The Acute Medical Surgical Unit, Surgical Short Stay Unit and the 5GN wards are temporarily closed to patient admissions while the cardiology, mental health, ICU, and maternity wards remain open. “The safety and wellbeing of our staff, our patients and our community is our utmost priority and we are doing all we…
DUNKLEY MP Peta Murphy has called on the federal government to reinstate JobKeeper payments to early childhood educators. Ms Murphy says that the sector was removed from JobKeeper eligibility on 20 July, and that it must be reinstated “immediately”. “We have heard over and over again about educators being stood down or losing pay during the lockdown, including here in Dunkley. The Prime Minister’s employment guarantee isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. Ripping JobKeeper away from the sector was ill-conceived and now Victorian educators are paying the price,” Ms Murphy said. “One-third of early educators were deliberately excluded from…