Station opens but works continue CHELTENHAM Station has been officially reopened. The old station was torn down this year as part of level crossing removal works. After two months of construction, the new station is completed. Eight stations have been replaced or remodelled on the Frankston line as part of level crossing removal works. Four more are still scheduled to be redeveloped too. The new Cheltenham Station has two sets of lifts and stairs and a new forecourt and community open space. A multi-level car park is set to be completed next year. Frankston line trains have been running through the new rail trenches below Park and Charman roads in Cheltenham and Balcombe Road in Mentone since mid-July. Works at the station will still continue though, with a green space linking Cheltenham’s retail precinct with the new station and Cheltenham Park still scheduled to be constructed. Further down the line, Kingston Council has resolved to commit $750,000 to the construction of a new pedestrian bridge at Chelsea Station. The mayor Georgina Oxley said that “council has invested $750,000 in the project to deliver a fantastic outcome for the Chelsea community that will see a new 6.8 metre wide bridge with enhanced design features including ramps, new lighting, seating, shading and landscaping.” “Access will also be improved with both steps and DDA compliant accessible ramps on both sides
of the pedestrian bridge between Chelsea Road and The Strand. We want to make sure communities and businesses on both sides of the rail line feel connected and there is easy access to shops and other community facilities,” she said. “The new train station along with the pedestrian bridge is the first step in the much needed revitalisation of Chelsea’s shopping centre and a major investment in the area’s future.” Mordialloc MP Tim Richardson “we’ve transformed the Cheltenham and Mentone communities with three level crossings gone for good, and two new stations with plenty of space for the community to enjoy.”
Funds for intersection Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au PEDESTRIAN operated signals will be installed on a Carrum Downs road where a 92-year-old woman was hit and killed last year. Frankston Council announced last week that it had secured just under $744,000 from the federal government for improvement works at McCormicks Road. A total of $788,000 towards works on the O’Gradys Road and FrankstonDandenong Road intersection in Carrum Downs, and $198,000 towards the McClelland Road and Skye Road intersection in Langwarrin was also locked in. Frankston mayor Sandra Mayer said “this is welcome news for commuters travelling along these roads, making the journey for hundreds of people safer and quicker.” “Council is humbled to announce that the dangerous pedestrian crossing located on McCormicks Road in Carrum Downs, which devastatingly claimed the life of local resident Phyllis Miles in July 2019, will receive the vital safety improvements required thanks to federal government funding. “Council has worked with local residents and the Department of Transport to implement pedestrian operated signals while replacing the refuge island which will immediately improve safety while lowering vehicle speeds.”
THE finished Cheltenham Station (above) and plans for a bridge at Chelsea Station (below). Pictures: Supplied
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