EXPRESSIONS of interest have opened to find a private consortium to build the planned Frankston Hospital upgrade. The $562 million expansion is set to proceed as a public-private partnership. The state government says they are seeking a “consortium to deliver the project”, which was promised at the 2018 state election. Plans for the hospital redevelopment include the addition of 120 more beds, two operating theatres, oncology facilities, new obstetrics, maternity, and paediatric wards, a women’s clinic, a special care nursery, and a new main entrance. Geotechnical investigations were completed at the site in July. Construction of the new hospital tower…
Author: Brodie Cowburn
NEARLY a third of new COVID-19 cases recorded in Victoria on Sunday were from Frankston. There were 16 new cases of coronavirus found statewide on 27 September. Frankston residents made up five of those. All new cases found in the Frankston area were within the postcode 3199. Across the whole municipality, there are nine active cases of COVID-19 as of 27 September. One of those positive tests was linked to the Baptcare Peninsula View aged care site in Frankston South. Baptcare has confirmed that a contractor who last worked at the site on 23 September had tested positive. “Out of…
LOCAL playgrounds and outdoor gym equipment reopened last week, as COVID-19 restrictions were slightly relaxed. Families were able to enjoy the play equipment again after the easing of restrictions at midnight on 13 September. Kingston Council CEO Julie Reid confirmed that council had removed posters and cordoning tape from local playgrounds. “While everyone is now free to use the playgrounds and gym equipment, we ask the community to continue to practice social distancing and wear their masks at all times, and to wash their hands regularly,” she said. Skate parks and barbeque facilities remain closed under the current COVID-19 guidelines.…
AFL SYDNEY Swans captain Luke Parker played his 200th AFL game this season. He has won a premiership, made the All Australian team, finished second in the Brownlow voting, and won two best and fairest medals. Despite his many achievements in the AFL, a lone senior outing for the Langwarrin Football Club still ranks high on the list of Parker’s best memories. Before making the move to New South Wales to start his AFL career in 2011, Parker pulled on the blue and white guernsey he had grown up wearing for a solitary senior game. “It was an incredible memory,”…
CARETAKER period has kicked in for Victorian councils, with elections now just one month away. Frankston Council entered caretaker period on 22 September, after holding their final ordinary meeting the night prior. Caretaker mode prohibits councils from making certain types of decisions and from producing materials which could affect voting at the election. Nominations for the council election also closed on 22 September. The local government elections will take place by postal vote. Election material will be sent out by mail between 6 October and 8 October. Campaigning will be made more difficult this year by the current COVID-19 restrictions,…