NEWS DESK
Western Port Highway works underway MAJOR works are underway on the upgrade of the Western Port Highway. The $115 million project will see the roundabouts at the intersections of Ballarto Road and CranbourneFrankston Road replaced with traffic lights. Both intersections are closed until 4 April while works are undertaken. Motorists on Western Port Highway will be made to detour via South Gippsland Highway or via Peninsula Link. After this batch of works is done, temporary roundabouts with a 40kmph speed limit will be installed. The full upgrade is expected to be complete by the end of the year. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said that the state government is “getting on with the Western Port Highway
Upgrade to improve travel times and ease congestion on this important link for the thousands of drivers who use this road every day.” Western Port Highway Upgrade program director Brendan Pauwels said that the project has ”hit an exciting point, with major works set to kick off this week as we prepare to upgrade both intersections.” “We appreciate these works will cause some delay for commuters, while crews get on with these vital works for this much needed upgrade,” he said. CREWS work on the roundabout between Western Port Highway and Cranbourne-Frankston Road. Picture: Supplied
THE Frankston Yacht Club building. Picture: Supplied
Another tenant wanted for Yacht Club building A TENANT for the first floor of the infamous Frankston Yacht Club building is being sought. The Yacht Club building’s history is filled with turmoil. Frankston ratepayers have coughed up more than $11 million on the project. It has sat empty for large periods of time since construction was completed in 2016. Fit-out works will be undertaken on the first floor of the building to help find a tenant. A tenant has been found for the ground floor with Olivers Corner cafe set to open soon.
Frankston Council is hoping to find a hospitality business to occupy the space. Frankston mayor Nathan Conroy said that “it’s time to kick it up a notch with a destination dining offering for the first floor to take the Frankston Yacht Club and the Frankston dining scene to the next level.” “With a significant pipeline of investment coming on stream in Frankston, the city is perfectly poised to realise its full potential as Melbourne’s city by the bay,” he said.
“With a strong health and education sector, excellent employment opportunities, luxury apartment and office developments and a beach lifestyle, the face of Frankston is changing. Locals and visitors are rediscovering Frankston City with a wave of interest in our pristine beaches, fishing, boating and water sports as well as our natural reserves and arts and entertainment offering.” Expressions of Interest for tenants are open until 1 April. For more information visit investfrankston.com/fyc/
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