THE makeover of Young St is underway, with works to improve pedestrian safety, bus operations and provide connections with the Frankston Station precinct expected to be completed by May next year. The improvements include a landscaped boulevard with wide footpaths and more pedestrian crossings, new bus bays and shelters with real-time information displays, and additional lighting and improved CCTV coverage. From Sunday 6 November changes to car parking within the Frankston’s centre, bus and taxi locations and Bayside Shopping Centre include: Young St bus stops and taxi ranks will be relocated to Beach St and further south along Young St…
Author: Bayside News
A HUB for entrepreneurs has outgrown its co-working space mere months after officially opening its doors to help new start-ups in a sign Frankston is open for business. The Frankston Foundry opened in September (“New start for business start-ups”, The Times 26/9/16) above the Commonwealth Bank office in Wells St and co-founders Cam Rambert and James Bertschik say it has been a case of “right place, right time” for the business hub to launch in Frankston. Frankston itself was named this year as a major entrepreneurial hotspot by demographer Bernard Salt in an Australia-wide study commissioned by NBN Co. Mr…
A man has been charged following two alleged armed robberies in Chelsea Heights and Carrum Downs last month. An 18-year-old Pakenham man was arrested by police from the Southern Metro Regional Crime Team and Box Hill Embona Taskforce at a property on Princes Freeway, Springvale on Tuesday, 1 November. He has been charged with two counts of armed robbery, theft of a motor vehicle and possessing ammunition. The charges related to alleged armed robberies at a service station in Chelsea Heights and a fast food restaurant in Carrum Downs on 25 October. The man faced court on Wednesday and has…
PLANS to rebuild a crumbling jetty at the Patterson Lakes Harbour Plaza seem to be dead in the water until Kingston Council and the state government can resolve differences over funding and maintenance of any new jetty. Kingston Council says an offer to oversee management and maintenance of the site, privately owned by the Harbour Plaza Shopping Centre, was made to the state government last month and council has not been told $120,000 in state funding to build the jetty is no longer available. Council CEO John Nevins said council was keen for a committee of management, including waterway managers…
PLANS to convert the historic Mentone Hotel into an apartment development will be put on public display early next month. The public will be able to lodge any objections to the redevelopment of the Beach Rd hotel, locally known as The Edgy, during a six-week exhibition period. Council will also write to nearby residents to ensure they are informed about a proposal by developer Paul Huggins to build a four-storey apartment complex in the neighbourhood. His firm, Momentum Developments, bought the iconic hotel for a figure believed to be more than $9 million in early 2015. The consultation is proceeding after…