A NEW swimming pool and the redevelopment of the Kingston Town Hall are among the projects Kingston Council will try to get funded during the next federal and state election campaigns. At a meeting on 23 August, Kingston councillors approved their priority project list. Council will attempt to receive funding for those projects during the elections, which are expected to take place next year. Council will seek money from the state and federal governments for the following council projects: a new aquatic and leisure centre, the Kingston City Hall redevelopment, a Namatjira Park masterplan, phase two of works at the…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
VICTORIA’S sixth COVID-19 lockdown is nearing its fourth week. The vaccination hub at Bayside Shopping Centre in Frankston was named a tier two exposure site last week after a positive COVID-19 case went there. Anyone who visited the vaccination centre on 16 August between 11.30am and 12.45 pm must get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result. A statement on Peninsula Health’s Facebook page said that the positive case had no symptoms while at the hub. “The Frankston Community Vaccination Hub remains open and is safe for you to visit if you have a booking for your COVID-19…
A NEW report released by Infrastructure Victoria has recommended improving bus services in Frankston rather than moving forward with the long-touted rail extension to Baxter. Infrastructure Victoria released its updated 30-year strategy last week. The organisation is an independent body that advises the state government on its projects. Among the recommendations included in the report was to investigate the rollout of more bus services in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula in the next year “instead of progressing a rail extension to Baxter”. The report read that “a preliminary business case considered different rail and bus options for more extensive public…
THE end date for Victoria’s sixth lockdown has been extended by another two weeks. On 16 August, Premier Daniel Andrews announced that COVID-19 restrictions would remain in place until Thursday 2 September. A curfew between the hours of 9pm and 5am has been introduced, and some other rules have been tightened. Additional restrictions have been placed on the construction industry, with further staffing reductions put into place. Use of playgrounds, basketball hoops, skate parks, and outdoor exercise equipment has been banned, with exercise also now limited to just two people from a household. People can also not remove their masks…
AN application has been submitted to build a new childcare centre on Overport Road. The proposal before Frankston Council is to develop land on 137 Overport Road for use as a childcare centre. The land is in a general residential zone. This is the second time a childcare centre has been proposed for the Frankston site. The last plan was knocked back by council and VCAT in 2020. The new plans include some amendments. The maximum number of children the centre can care for has been reduced from 116 to 95. The number of car spaces has also been reduced,…