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FRANKSTON’S Matthew Holland, left, and Seaford resident Oran Jones represented Victoria at theNational Paralympic 7-a-side Football Championships at Coffs Harbour this month. The duo are Victorian Paralympic Football teammates and train at Northcote every Saturday to prepare for tournament matches. See story Page 10. Picture: Gary Sissons
‘Lip service’ on station revamp Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au FRANKSTON Council and the Labor state government are at odds over the $63 million redevelopment of the Frankston train station precinct despite councillors voting last week to endorse the Frankston Station Redevelopment Master Plan. The unanimous endorsement of the transport hub master plan was hailed as “a major step towards the revitalisation of the city centre” in an official
statement issued by Frankston Council last week but many concerns raised by councillors at last Monday’s public council meeting went unmentioned in council’s statement. Councillors welcomed the investment by the state government in Frankston but decided to write to Premier Daniel Andrews, Transport Minister Jacinta Allan and Planning Minister Richard Wynne to demand “the Metropolitan Planning Authority take over responsibility for the planning and delivery of the transformation of
Frankston Train Station”. The MPA was established in 2013 as an independent statutory body to work with councils and other government agencies on major state infrastructure projects in an effort to “depoliticise” some longer-term decisions. Councillors criticised state government “bureaucrats” for allegedly failing to listen to community feedback on the massive project, seen as crucial to boost Frankston’s economy. Cr Colin Hampton said “the bureaucrats from Melbourne are taking over
and are not listening to the community”. “It’s just lip service. That’s all they’re giving the residents of this town – lip service,” he said. “Unfortunately it is very difficult to get past what they are trying to put forward.” State government bureaucrats were accused of “just looking for ways to spend the money” rather than working to encourage private investors to invest in the Frankston train station precinct. At the council meeting, Frankston
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Council CEO Dennis Hovenden said a $135 million redevelopment of Ringwood train station had turned into an $800 million rejuvenation of Ringwood thanks to private investment by developers alongside the project. “It’s quite evident that the plan has been written to accommodate a budget,” Cr Darrel Taylor said. “It hasn’t been a plan that’s been written to accommodate the future growth and the true plan of what is required in that precinct.” Continued Page 12
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