KINGSTON residents are being asked if they feel flush enough to pay to spend a penny as part of a council survey to develop a Public Toilet Strategy across the municipality. The online survey asks respondents whether they would be prepared to pay to use a public toilet “to ensure high quality standards”. Kingston Council is also asking where locals believe public toilets should be located for convenience and whether standalone toilets or loos within public buildings are preferable. The survey also asks people to rate how safe they feel in Kingston’s public toilets and asks whether more public loos…
Author: Neil Walker
COMMUTERS travelling on the Frankston line faced frustrating service cancellations and delays during the early morning weekday peak hours of 7-9am last week. Several scheduled train services were cancelled at short notice and customers were quick to vent their anger at delays on social media. Metro Trains spokeswoman Sammie Black said an incident involving a person being struck by a train late on Monday afternoon “had a knock on effect” throughout the week. “We understand it inconveniences customers and our aim is to ensure everyone gets to their destination while delaying the smallest number possible,” Ms Black said. Delays on…
THE opening of a new nature reserve at Frankston Reservoir has been hailed “a win for the local community” by the state government. The 90-hectare Frankston Nature Conservation Reserve was officially opened up to the public for bushwalking and picnicking last Thursday (21 January) by Environment, Climate Change and Water Minister Lisa Neville. Access to the site has been restricted since 1920 to protect the reserve’s water quality and significant flora and fauna species and plants. “I’m pleased for Frankston residents and all nature lovers that we have successfully opened to the public the Frankston Nature Conservation Reserve,” Ms Neville…
A BLITZ on anti-social behaviour in Frankston’s city centre led by Frankston Council will attempt to clean up the streets with offenders facing fines of up to $2000 if they do the wrong thing. A team of five council officers, with the help of police, will target public nuisance and illegal behaviour in central Frankston and along the foreshore from the end of January. “We will be systematically targeting activities such as: smoking in restricted areas, public consumption of alcohol, walking dogs in restricted areas and littering,” Mayor Cr James Dooley said in a statement released by council. “Other anti-social…
DEMOLITION of the derelict Ambassador Hotel function centre has finally begun. Contractors have moved in to knock down the building that sold for $2.24 million at a mortgagee auction in September last year (‘The Ambassador sells… again’, The Times 14/9/15). Former site owner Joanna Kordos was the latest in a line of developers seeking to build apartments at the 325 Nepean Highway address before lender the Jadig Group stepped in to enforce a mortgagee sale. Frankston mayor Cr James Dooley welcomed the start of demolition works at the Ambassador Hotel, long considered a highly-visible eyesore. “This is the first step…