PART of the answer to parking problems at Frankston station could lie further north at Kananook. Frankston MP Geoff Shaw says increasing the parking area along Bardia Ave near the Kananook station would ease pressure on Frankston. “This is a viable option for reducing commuter stress concerning parking,” Mr Shaw said. He said parking was Kananook was “very limited” with commuters often choosing Frankston station “simply to get a car park” or risking a fine by parking in private gardens. “While the possibility of an increase in the amount of parking spots available at Frankston station is being investigated, an…
Author: Keith Platt
HOUSING Minister Wendy Lovell is being called on to make it easier to evict nuisance public housing tenants in Frankston. The decision by Frankston Council to meet and lobby Ms Lovell follows harrowing accounts of drug use and intimidation and violence against residents living near houses provided by the Department of Human Services. Councillors believe the city has more than its fair share of low-cost public housing. Demand for changes to the way DHS handles its tenants comes at the same time that figures show the state has slashed $247 million from its spending on social housing. Frankston and parts…
FRANKSTON Council has given the go ahead to another key part of its major foreshore development plan – a new building to house Frankston Yacht Club, a cafe and a restaurant. The three-storey building bringing more commercial development to the Waterfront “precinct” near the pier is being allowed with reduced car parking requirements and despite being identified as “not wholly consistent with the purpose” of the use of Crown land. It was “considered unlikely to impact adversely on any protected vegetation”. Objectors claim photos used to justify clearing represented “the least quality vegetation”, although this was denied by consultants hired…
IN the past year, about 1000 sick, injured or orphaned native animals and birds have found themselves being cared for in Frankston. Sometimes far from their bushland homes, the creatures are fed and housed before being released back into the wild. However, Animalia Wildlife Shelter, run by Michelle Thomas and her family, is also in need of some aid. It is expensive to run the shelter, which operates with the help of 40 volunteers. “Many of the injured wildlife are babies needing to be hand-reared when their mothers are killed by natural disasters, motorists and electrocution,” Animalia’s media liaison officer…
HOW easy is it on a hot day to go for a swim or lie on a surfboard? Not very, if you happen to have a physical disability. On Saturday 18 January, close to 300 people at Pt Leo Beach were given an insight into each other’s lives when Disabled Surfers Association Mornington Peninsula held its first event for 2014. More than 230 volunteers made it possible for 41 disabled surfers to know the feeling of being on a board pushed along by the natural energy of a wave. The simple joy of being hit by a wave can be…