A SECTION of the Frankston line will shut next week to allow for more level crossing removal works. From the night of Tuesday 1 September until the last service on Sunday 6 September, buses will replace trains between Mordialloc and Frankston. Buses will also be running to Stony Point. The closure will allow for works to remove level crossings at Edithvale Road, Swanpool Avenue, Chelsea Road, Argyle Avenue, and Bondi Road. Work is continuing while the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, but numbers at the work sites have been reduced. The crossings will be removed by building a rail trench. Three…
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CONCEPT designs for a redevelopment at Lloyd Park in Langwarrin have been unveiled. The $6 million pavilion redevelopment is being funded by Frankston Council and the federal government. The designs plans include a 200 seat function room, four unisex change rooms, canteen and kitchen, meeting room, offices, and public amenities Dunkley MP Peta Murphy said “this terrific new pavilion will not only benefit the local clubs and user groups at Lloyd Park but also the wider Langwarrin community.” “Langwarrin Football and Netball Club, Langwarrin Cricket Club and Langwarrin Junior Football Club are all terrific community clubs. This important upgrade will…
By Laura Green COUNCIL elections will continue as planned on 24 October, despite a second wave of COVID-19 cases. Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton consulted with Premier Daniel Andrews and the Victorian Electoral Commission to deliver a “COVIDSafe election plan”. There will be marked changes to the way voters deliver ballots during the coronavirus pandemic. Additional safety measures devised in the COVIDSafe Plan included social distancing in election offices, limiting face-to-face contact, enforcing mask wearing, and increased cleaning and sanitation requirements for ballot-counters. The Premier was optimistic for the delivery of safe and fair elections. “I am pleased…
By Laura Green THE Kingston local government area has once again ranked in the top ten when it comes to losses on electronic gaming machines. Data from the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation showed pokies players in the Kingston municipality lost over $62 million on EGMs from July 2019 to March this year. $4.4 million was lost in the final month alone before the pokies were closed because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Nearby, punters in the Frankston Council area lost $3.2 million in March and totalled $46.3 million stretching back to July. The municipalities of Brimbank, Casey, and…
WORK is continuing on the Mordialloc Freeway project. In the last week, work has been undertaken to install 5 kilometers of drainage pipes under the road. More than two million tonnes of fill has been sourced for the foundations of the road, and construction of bridge retaining walls at Old Dandenong Road has started. A third of the piling for the Waterways wetlands bridge has been completed. At least 371 retaining wall panels have been installed and at least 217 piles have been drilled. In late 2019, the state opposition blasted a “massive cost blowout” on the construction of the…