A PROPOSAL for a cafe and apartments at the former home of Pompei’s Marine Boat Works and Landing has been approved by Kingston Council, subject to conditions. The Mordialloc boat shed had a storied history, but was knocked down in 2019. It had long been owned by Jack Pompei, who was known to many as Mr Mordialloc. The boat shed was sold in December 2017 for $2.85 million. Kingston Council recently approved a proposal to develop the former home of the historic boat building. A permit has been conditionally issued to use the land for a food and drink premises…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
CRICKET MPCA WOMENS NOTHING separated Pines and Tootgarook at the end of a thrilling match on Sunday. Pines took to the crease first at Truemans Road Reserve. Their innings was elevated by Samantha Ryan, who led the charge with 65 runs. Pines set Tootgarook a total of 115 runs to chase down. Opener Ella Hilton put her best foot forward early on. Tootgarook’s run chase was helped by her knock of 51. Tootgarook’s batters struggled to make much scoreboard impact, but errant bowling from Pines kept them in the contest. The game went down to the final over. When stumps…
AN extra $8 million will be spent this financial year on the Jubilee Park redevelopment. The funding changes were approved during Frankston Council’s mid-year budget review. The mayor Nathan Conroy says the project has been “accelerated” after the conclusion of the tender process. “The project has resulted in an accelerated delivery program, with civil works for the carpark now being undertaken concurrently with foundation and structural works for the pavilion,” he said. “This has resulted in an increase of forecast expenditure in the current financial year, from $5.012 million to $13.292 million. This is a cash flow adjustment during a…
FRANKSTON Council will write to state government MPs flagging concerns that new planning amendments will reduce council’s planning power. Councillors agreed that “proposed changes may have major implications as they would reduce council and community input into process and decision making. In particular, the potential to remove council as the planning authority for priority areas, specifically the Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre.” An example of an amendment made last year which concerns council is Amendment VC187. Council officers wrote that the change made “the minister for energy, environment, and climate change (DELWP) responsible for assessment and decision making for the development…
THE Frankston Hospital redevelopment has moved forward another step. A consortium has been chosen to enter exclusive negotiations with the state government to undertake the $605 million project. The redevelopment will be a public-private partnership with a private consortium designing, constructing, financing, and maintaining the project for 25 years. Despite that, the Victorian Health Building Authority has stressed that the hospital will remain a public hospital. The state government has announced that the Exemplar Health consortium has emerged from the tender process as the preferred bidder. It is made up of Capella Capital as a sponsor and investor, Aware Super…