Council considers parking changes KINGSTON Council says it is considering revised parking restrictions for residents on Lochiel Avenue. Residents on the Edithvale street have complained about receiving $165 fines for parking in front of their own homes. Kingston Council’s development and planning acting general manager, Paul Marsden, said “council has received a few calls from residents about having difficulty parking in the street. In response to these additional concerns, council will be conducting further consultation to look at any issues with parking on the south side of Lochiel Avenue. The proposal involves changes to the current timed restrictions to allow residents to overstay these restrictions with parking permits.” “In response to concerns raised by the community about traffic flow and congestion in Lochiel Avenue due to the Level Crossing Removal Project works, in February council conducted extensive consultation with residents about installing temporary no stopping restrictions in the area during peak hours to alleviate
the issues,” he said. “The feedback from local residents showed there was strong support for the temporary parking restrictions. “Council moved ahead with the temporary parking restrictions and notified residents via an information bulletin that signs would be installed on the north side of Lochiel Avenue, between Station Street and Clydebank Road, in the following two to four weeks. Residents were also advised that council would be conducting additional consultation at the completion of the LXRP works to determine if the no stopping restriction should remain permanently. The no stopping signs were then installed on 29 April.” Lochiel Avenue resident Deon Vlotman told The News last week that “a permit for residents is a solution to prevent us from getting tickets, they can still give tickets to non-residents. What does not help us is that they are issuing permits to build townhouses around us and not accommodating for more parking” (“Fines for parking outside homes”, The News, 26/5/21).
Bridge works begin at Governor Road WORK will begin this month to install bridge beams at Governor Road in Braeside. The Mordialloc Freeway project team has finished building the bridge abutments and centre supports for the bridge. The beams will be installed from early June. Major Roads Projects Victoria says “we’ll install 6 beams on the southern side of Governor Road between 6am and 6pm on Thursday 3 and Friday 4 June.” “Once the first 12 beams have been lifted into place, we’ll move all traffic from the eastbound lanes onto the westbound lanes from Saturday 5 June until late 2021. One lane will continue to remain open in each direction. We’ll then install 6 beams on the northern side of Governor Road between 6am and 6pm on Monday 7 and Tuesday
8 June. “These works may be affected by the weather. If they are, we’ll continue to work between 6am and 6pm on Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 June to finish installing the beams. “The trucks delivering the bridge beams will need to enter our worksite via Springvale Road to avoid road closures on Governor Road between Boundary Road and Bate Drive for asphalt resurfacing works being carried out by the Department of Transport. Due to their size, the trucks are only permitted to travel between 1:30am and 5:30am. Up to six trucks will enter the site each night from Springvale Road and will park in our worksite with their engines off until 6am when we start work.”
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Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
2 June 2021
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