NEWS DESK
Man dead at beach A MAN has been found dead at Frankston Beach. The man was pulled from the water by emergency services workers a little before 5pm on 12 February. He died at the scene. Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious. A report will be prepared for the coroner.
Dolphins post profit MPs Danny Pearson, Pauline Richards, Sonya Kilkenny, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, and Labor Dunkley candidate Jodie Belyea at Hall Road last Friday. Picture: Gary Sissons
Hall Road reopens after upgrades CLOSED lanes on Hall Road have reopened to traffic after the completion of major upgrade works. The state and federal governments have spent $141.25 million each upgrading Hall Road. Work began in 2022, and major works wrapped up last week. In total, 5.2 kilometres of new lanes were completed and new signalised intersections were installed at McCormicks Road, Taylors Road, Western Port Highway, and Evans and Cranbourne-Frankston roads. Minor works will take place
throughout the rest of this year. The state government says that the end of major works came nine months ahead of schedule. Federal infrastructure minister Catherine King said “the Australian Government is working with the Victorian Government to ensure the state’s roads and transport networks are in the best possible condition and well planned for the community. The Hall Road upgrade is one of a number of major improvements to the road and rail network in Melbourne’s south-east to connect growing com-
munities, ease congestion on local roads, and improve access to public transport.” Victorian transport infrastructure minister Danny Pearson said the finished project will “better connect local communities in Melbourne’s outer south east to jobs, healthcare and education while greatly improving traffic flow along Hall Road.” The state government estimates that around 17,000 people use the road a day. Brodie Cowburn
THE Frankston Football Club has posted another profit. The VFL club has published its 2023 annual report. It confirmed that last year, the club recorded a net profit of a little more than $13,000. In 2022 it posted a narrow profit of just more than $1000, and in 2021 recorded a $400,000 surplus and declared its debts paid. In the 2023 annual report, club president David Friend wrote that the club had originally budgeted for a $150,000 loss. The recent positive financial reports are a far cry from where the Dolphins were in the past. The club had its VFL license stripped and owed a $1.5 million debt in 2016. It was readmitted into the VFL in 2018.
The promise is the latest in the Liberals’ campaign to win Dunkley off Labor at the 2 March by-election. The project would need matched funding from the state government and council to proceed. Liberal Party Dunkley candidate Nathan Conroy said the project “forms part of my long term vision for delivering for the people of Frankston and I know the people of Carrum Downs are keen to see this upgrade delivered.” “We will work with a future Victorian state government and local council that is willing to deliver this project, requiring equal financial contributions of $2 million each,” he said. FRANKSTON Dunkley candidate Nathan Conroy in Carrum Downs with Liberal MP Jane Hume. Picture: Supplied
Pavilion promise made THE federal opposition has promised to spend $2 million on upgrades to the Len Phelps Pavilion at Carrum Downs Recreation Reserve if it wins government next year.
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Frankston Times
20 February 2024
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