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Spring beak WELCOME swallows live up to their name with this adult feeding its young near the bird hide at Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands after spring eve hatchings. Picture: Gary Sissons
Holes bored along rail line Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au WORK is being done along the Frankston line to prepare for the removal of eight level crossings between Cheltenham and Frankston. Geotechnical investigations will be conducted until the end of the year so work crews will remain a familiar sight even before the larger scale sep-
aration of road from rail at Balcombe Rd (Mentone), Charman Rd (Cheltenham), Edithvale Rd (Edithvale), Eel Race Rd (Carrum), Seaford Rd (Seaford), Skye/Overton Rd (Frankston), Station St (Bonbeach), Station St (Carrum) starting next year. The Level Crossing Removal Authority (LXRA) says more than 130 boreholes, about 100 millimetres in diameter, are being drilled to a depth
of 40 metres to analyse soil and rock types and ground water levels at each site. “Geotechnical investigations provide valuable information about ground conditions in and around the dangerous and congested level crossings we are removing on the Frankston rail line,” project director Adam Maguire said. “Geotechnical information, togeth-
er with feedback from local residents, businesses and traders, will inform the design of the projects in each location and how they will be built.” The LXRA, a state government body, said the investigation results will be published and be part of design options at each level crossing to be removed on the Frankston line. A ‘rail trench’ and ‘rail bridge’ are options for level crossings at Seaford,
Bonbeach, Edithvale, Mentone and Cheltenham. A rail bridge may be built at a new crossing at McLeod Rd in Carrum and the Station St crossing could be shut and a new rail bridge built at Eel Race Rd. A new ‘road connection’ at Station St over the Patterson River is also being looked at as an option. Continued Page 8
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