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Heritage push for Pompei stumbles A PUSH at Kingston Council’s 27 May meeting to consider further heritage options for Pompei’s Landing in Mordialloc has failed. Councillors voted against asking “the industrial heritage consultant who provided council’s submission on the Pompei Boatworks to the February Heritage Council hearing to provide a recommendation to council in response to the Heritage Council’s recommendation that council consider a local heritage listing”. The Heritage Council rejected a
pitch to include the boatworks on the state’s heritage register last month (“Troubled water for Pompei’s heritage push”, The News, 29/5/19). Councillors Staikos, West, Eden and Oxley voted in favour. Crs Brownlees, Gledhill and Hua voted against. The remainder abstained. Pompei’s heritage troubles: Following the Heritage Council’s rejection of Pompei’s Landing for heritage status, Kingston Council has rejected a renewed push. Picture: Brodie Cowburn
Bay trail blues: Some homeowners on Beach Street have opposed Bay Trail works. Kingston Council last week agreed to share the cost of resurfacing works for the project with VicRoads. Picture: Gary Sissons
Opposition to Bay Trail continues Continued from Page 1 Vocal opposers to the Bay Trail attended the meeting, heckling councillors from the public gallery to the point where the mayor Cr Oxley had to ask security to help keep them from interjecting. The Bay Trail debate came to a head earlier this year, when a vote was held in the absence of two councillors to refer the Bay Trail decision making process to IBAC for investigation. That decision was rescinded at a special meeting of
council the following week (“Trial on trail called off by divided council”, The News, 13/2/19). The narrowing of Beach Road and the planting of trees have been among the biggest points of contention for those opposed to the controversial project. Council CEO John Nevins told councillors that the report discussed at the 27 May council meeting “does not involve the planting of any trees.” “After 25 years of talk, Kingston is 100 per cent committed to finally
build the Bay Trail path filling in a significant missing section between Port Melbourne and Seaford. This will give young and inexperienced cyclists an alternative to riding along busy Beach Road,” the mayor Cr Oxley said. “Our plan meets all VicRoads and Australian safety standards, is supported by Bicycle Network Victoria as safe for cyclists and provides plenty of parking while protecting the most environmentally significant areas of vegetation.”
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