CONSTRUCTION works have begun on removing level crossings at Centre, North and McKinnon roads, Bentleigh. During the works, boom gates will be down for half an hour during morning peak. Bentleigh MP Nick Staikos said the construction schedule for removal of the crossings had been brought forward from the end of next year, to mid-next year, meaning the crossings will be removed earlier in 2017 than expected. This means the 34-day closure of the Frankston line, between Caulfield and Moorabbin, will occur before other closures from the nine level crossings set to go from the Cranbourne Pakenham rail line. Express…
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CHELSEA and Chelsea Heights kindergartens are secure after the City of Kingston agreed to add to the state government’s $2.35 million grant. This comes after meetings and a community action campaign and petition led by Chelsea Heights Kindergarten and Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson. The council’s $321,000 allocation will ensure the two community kinders – operating for more than 50 years – will have certain futures. The mayor Cr Geoff Gledhill said the council stepped in to contribute $321,000 to the refurbishment to ensure $2.35 million in Victorian Government funding was not lost to the Kingston community. “Council is committed to…
AN exhibition portraying the events of World War I from the perspective of the men and women who endured and fought battles alongside Allied nations will be on display at the Frankston Arts Centre until 12 December. The ‘Australia Will Be There: Victorians in the First World War (1914-1919)’ exhibition, a travelling exhibition from Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance, features photographs and historical documents mapping out the war from the landings at Gallipoli to the battles in Palestine, Passchendaele and Fromelles. Away from the frontline, the exhibition focuses on the wartime experiences of the people of Victoria, their contribution to the…
WORK has begun on an $8 million upgrade of the Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Wedge Rd and Boundary Rd intersection in Carrum Downs. More approach lanes on Boundary Rd and Wedge Rd will be added and traffic lights will be installed at the intersection. The new traffic lights will mean drivers no longer will have to wait for gaps in oncoming traffic when turning from the side roads onto Frankston-Dandenong Rd. Major pre-construction works have been done over several months to relocate underground services at the intersection including power, lighting and telecommunications. Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny said residents had long called…
A LANGWARRIN woman in her mid-40s was assaulted outside her home in North Rd, 10pm, 12 October. Frankston police Senior Sergeant Steve Burt said the woman was at her letterbox when a group of men walking west approached her from behind. The woman was pushed to ground, abused and then assaulted by one of the men before they ran towards Warrandyte Rd. The woman suffered cuts to her head, severe swelling to her face and possible nerve damage to her left hand as a result of the assault. Constable Jonathan Edwards, of Frankston police, said: “This is a disturbing situation…