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WORKS earlier this year to dig a rail trench at Mentone. Picture: Supplied
Rail line will shut again A SECTION of the Frankston line will shut next week to allow for more level crossing removal works. From the night of Tuesday 1 September until the last service on Sunday 6 September, buses will replace trains between Mordialloc and Frankston. Buses will also be running to Stony Point. The closure will allow for works to remove level crossings at Edithvale Road, Swanpool Avenue, Chelsea Road, Argyle Avenue, and Bondi Road. Work is continuing while the COV-
ID-19 pandemic is ongoing, but numbers at the work sites have been reduced. The crossings will be removed by building a rail trench. Three new stations and a direct connection from Thames Promenade to Nepean Highway will also be built as part of the works. The rail trench is not scheduled to be finished until 2022. Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny said “we’re getting rid of these dangerous and congested level crossings as prom-
ised. The removal of these five level crossings and the construction of three brand new stations at Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach will make a huge difference for the local community.” “This is such an exciting time for the local community and want to thank them for all their support so far. I look forward to working with them as we bring about these significant upgrades that will see five level crossings gone for good in 2022,” she said. Buses replaced trains on the line between 23 May and 27 July this year.
Continued from Page 1 Ms Topp has stressed that Peninsula Health’s Golf Links Road facility is still accepting patients despite reports of an outbreak. “There seems to be a misconception that Peninsula Health is currently experiencing an outbreak at our Golf Links Road facility. This is not the case,” she said. “At the end of July, we did see an increase in cases at our Golf Links Road facility due to a patient initially returning two negative results, and then later a positive result. All appropriate infection control measures were immediately implemented including contact tracing and the furloughing of a significant number of staff at the time. “Currently our Golf Links Road facility is open to admissions and we are providing care to a large number of residential aged care patients, in an effort to help in Victoria’s aged care response to the pandemic.” The Golf Links Road site houses a rehabilitation centre and a palliative care unit. Heading into the weekend there were 75 active cases of COVID-19 among Frankston residents, and 4421 statewide.
No funding for road a ‘disappointment’ JUST over $2 million has been allocated by the federal government to fix local roads.
The 2020/2021 “black spot funding program” will provide funds for three major projects. More than $1 million has been set aside for works on Mount Eliza Way. Wombat crossings will be installed at all pedestrian crossings and flashing lights at two-thirds of the crossings on the area. There will be $778,000 spent on works at Frankston-Dandenong Road and O’Grady Road in Carrum Downs. A part time control right turn into O’Gradys road will be constructed, and the right lane will be extended to 120 metres. McClelland Drive and Skye Road in Langwarrin will be modified to a roundabout at a cost of just under $200,000. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy welcomed the announcement but was disappointed that funding was not allocated to works at McCormicks Road. A 92-year-old woman was struck and killed on the road on 29 July last year. She was returning to the Oak Tree Retirement Village after going shopping when she was hit, and died at the scene. “More than a month ago, I wrote to Urban Infrastructure Minister Alan Tudge supporting Frankston City Council’s request for fast tracked black spot funding for a pedestrian intersection at McCormicks Road, where a fatality occurred last year,” Ms Murphy said. “I had previously supported the community to petition the council for a crossing at that location and was very pleased on their behalf when the council put it forward for federal funding. It is a big disappointment that the Morrison government has ignored this request.” Ms Murphy said she put forward the McCormicks Road project, as well as works at Warrandyte Road and Hall Road, to Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack so that they would be considered for funding.
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