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NOSSAL High School students Andy Pham, left, Annabel KeechaMilson and Ashwin Biju help pick up discarded litter along Bonbeach beach. The students joined Chelsea Beach Patrol volunteers in a clean-up day along Chelsea and Bonbeach beaches. See Page 5. Picture: Yanni
Sky rail plan ‘arrogant’ Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au BUSINESS deals to build sky rail along sections of the Frankston line won’t be “torn up” but any incoming Coalition state government in Victoria will look again at any level crossing removal not finished and put rail lines under road. Liberal opposition leader Matthew Guy visited Carrum on Tuesday (14
March) — where the Labor state government confirmed elevated rail will be built — to accuse the government of “playing politics” with rail projects. “I believe a new government can and should negotiate a new contract and put those level crossings underground as they were always meant to be,” Mr Guy said. “Some communities get sky rail, some communities get a trench. And
it depends in some areas on the seat margin, who’s talked loudest and on internal Labor politics in relation to where a member sits in relation to a friendship with the Premier. “It’s just not the way to build infrastructure. Do it properly, do it consistently and do it right from the start.” The Level Crossing Removal Authority confirmed last week that a 900-metre long eight-metre high “rail
bridge” will be built over McLeod Rd and level crossings at Station St, Eel Race Rd and Mascot Ave will be removed. Carrum Labor MP Sonya Kilkenny welcomed the decision alongside a plan to move train stabling from Carrum along the Frankston line to Kananook. “Not only will we remove these level crossings – we will turn the ugly stabling yard in to a new Carrum vil-
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lage that will transform our community forever,” she said in a statement last week. Mr Guy accused the government of being “pig headed” and “arrogant” in insisting elevated rail must be built in Carrum. “If it’s about the water table, then we would never have built CityLink, it goes 10-15 metres below the Yarra river.” Continued Page 2