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CARRUM MP Sonya Kilkenny (middle) with Bonbeach Life Saving Club president Lloyd Thomas and member Debra Jordan. Picture: Supplied
Life savers open doors to new home THE Bonbeach Life Saving Club has officially opened its new clubhouse. The new $4.5 million facility will be used by the club’s 128 members. Bonbeach life savers performed 337 preventative actions and undertook two rescues during the last season of their operation. The two-storey clubhouse features a new storage room, kitchenette, and observation tower. A new training and multipurpose space has also opened. Kingston ratepayers contributed $2.5
million to the project, and the state government allocated $2 million towards it. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “the new Bonbeach Life Saving Club facility is a very special place. The new facility, with improved amenities and equipment,ADVERTISEMENT is so very different to the old club rooms. It is absolutely fit for purpose and will support ongoing volunteer lifesaving services for the community for years to come.” Ms Kilkenny said that the club has “a strong and proud history, boasting
so many wonderful, selfless and generous people who have put in so much energy, time and passion over the years to keep our community safe. And more recently, this is a club that is fully embracing people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; teaching them vital water safety skills and training them to be lifesavers themselves.” The Bonbeach Life Saving Club is celebrating 90 years of operation this year.
KINGSTON Council will spend $4.5 million on projects to minimise the risk of flood damage in Chelsea and Edithvale. One of the projects is underway at Thames Promenade in Chelsea, and is expected to take 20 weeks to complete. A stormwater pumping station is being built, alongside stormwater drainage pipes and pits. Footpaths and vehicle crossings are being replaced as part of the project. The Mulkarra Drive/Thames Promenade intersection is expected to close at times in the next 20 weeks while works are undertaken. Another project in Edithvale, stages three and four of the Edithvale Flood Management Project, is also going ahead. A new drainage system as well as concrete kerbs, pram crossings, footpaths, vehicle crossings, and an asphalt pavement are being built on Montrose Avenue. The drainage system will run down Keith Avenue and along Kinross Avenue. Kingston councillor David Eden said that recent flooding disasters in Australia highlighted the need to take action. “Unfortunately, you only have to look to Queensland, northern NSW and Sydney at present to see the devastating impacts floods can have on communities and the safety and livelihoods of our community is always at the forefront of our minds,” he said. “We will keep working to ensure our infrastructure is of the highest possible standard and I am looking forward to seeing these significant drainage projects come to fruition.”
site” in Victoria is being supported by Kingston Council. Kingston mayor Steve Staikos says that the shrinking availability of landfill meant something had to be done soon. “There will be no more landfill space in the south-eastern or eastern suburbs of Melbourne by 2025, so something significant needs to be done, and fast,” he said. “We can’t sit back and do nothing when we can clearly see a crisis in the near future. Kingston is taking positive action by committing to the project and calls on other councils to join. “The project will deliver a vital alternative to landfill that will transform how household rubbish is managed by converting it into energy, instead of burying it in the ground. The Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group has said that advanced waste processing solutions will play a significant role in achieving the Victorian Government’s new target to divert 80 per cent of household rubbish from landfill by 2030.” The Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group is seeking proposals from industry for the facility on behalf of the councils. To play their part, councils have been asked to make a commitment to send household waste to the proposed advanced waste processing facility for the first 25 years of its operation.
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