IT is too early to know whether homes along the Frankston line will be bought by the state government if elevated rail ultimately is built along sections of the rail line. The Labor state government offered to buy about 130 homes backing onto elevated rail, dubbed sky rail, along three sections of the Cranbourne-Pakenham line where rail over road structures will be built. The Level Crossing Removal Authority, a Department of Transport division tasked with overseeing the separation of rail and road at 11 level crossings along the Frankston line, says early site investigations are underway at eight locations between…
Author: Neil Walker
A CAFE owner in Frankston South has decided to kick off the footy season by exhibiting several paintings of AFL and VFL club legends. Rosie’s Cafe owner Rosie Major said her long-time artist friend Jenny Roe, based in Panton Hill, painted the football players to mark a new season of AFL football. The self-described “mad Carlton girl” says she wanted unique paintings to be hung on the walls of the coffee and food shop. “My idea of the cafe is not to look at Ikea and Kmart prints because everyone has seen those. Jenny is the artist among us and…
A WAR of words has erupted between a Frankston councillor and Frankston Labor MP Paul Edbrooke over a state government levy on the Frankston Regional Basketball Stadium redevelopment. Cr Darrel Taylor likened Premier Daniel Andrews to outlaw Ned Kelly when slamming the Labor state government over a $2000 metropolitan planning levy to be charged as part of the stadium redevelopment. “Ned Kelly is alive and well and he runs around by the pseudonym Daniel Andrews,” Cr Taylor said at this month’s public council meeting. Mayor Cr James Dooley asked Cr Taylor to withdraw the remark and the councillor agreed to…
CONSULTATION about options to separate road from rail at level crossings along the Frankston line has begun with a series of drop-in sessions held in suburbs along the rail line this month from Cheltenham to Frankston. Staff from the Level Crossing Removal Authority (LXRA), including engineers, were on hand to begin the process of talking to affected communities about possible design plans to remove level crossings including concern about the visual and noise impact of elevated rail along parts of the Frankston line. Opponents of elevated rail, dubbed sky rail, were unimpressed with the lack of detail on offer at…
ANNUAL hard waste collections in Frankston have not yet been binned and a last-minute reprieve has been flagged by council. Councillors will discuss council’s draft budget for the 2015-16 financial year when it is released for public consultation early next month. Mayor Cr James Dooley issued a statement last Wednesday (23 March) saying councillors will consider community feedback on any proposal to scrap hard waste collections. The mayor had previously confirmed hard rubbish collections are not budgeted for in the as yet unreleased draft budget. “In response to feedback from the Frankston City community about the hard waste collection service,…