NEWS DESK
Helping hand with tax return FREE help with tax returns is on offer at the office of Dunkley MP Peta Murphy. A qualified accountant is helping people do tax returns of under $60,000. Ms Murphy said “we know that for some, tax can seem overwhelming. Our qualified accountant can give you the support you need this tax time. I encourage anyone who needs a hand with their tax return to contact my office and book an appointment”. To book call 9781 2333. Appointments available August and September on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 37 Playne St, Frankston.
Tunnel vision ENVIRONMENT minister Lily D’Ambrosio, Carrum MP Sonya Kilkenny, and Frankston mayor Kris Bolam with their dogs at the newly opened Sandfield Reserve Dog Park, before lockdown. Picture: Supplied
Dog park opens for play A NEW dog park has opened at Sandfield Reserve in Carrum Downs. The area cost $206,000 to fit out. Frankston councillor Sue Baker said “there are 15,208 dogs registered in Frankston City, but not everyone has a large backyard or suitable places where they can walk them off leash,
exercise and enjoy nature as well. What we have created at the Sandfield Reserve Dog Park is an answer to that and it is a place for all ages.” “There is more than 4,500 square metres of open space – in a designated zone packed with dog-friendly features. There is an agility area, which
is what we are calling our playground for dogs! It’s got ramps, hoops, platforms and posts for dogs and owners who like a challenge,” she said. “There’s even a time-out area for dogs who might be over-excited or overexhausted, with seating for owners to relax as well.”
room were benefiting from an improvement in the quality of CCTV images. EastLink incident response and emergency service personnel would also benefit, as brighter, whiter lighting would make the management of incident sites easier. "If a motorist is injured in a vehicle collision, attending paramedics will find that the new brighter, whiter lighting will assist with their treatment of the injured person,” Mr Spencer-Roy said. "Should there be a vehicle fire, Fire Rescue Victoria will have a brighter environment in which to operate their equipment." "We estimate that the new LED lighting system will consume 26 per cent less power than the old HPS system, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 469 tonnes each year.” The 39-kilometre EastLink tollway connects the Eastern, Monash, Frankston and Peninsula Link freeways.
TUNNELS along EastLink are the first in Victoria to be lit by LED lights. Over four nights, 1066 high pressure sodium (HPS) lights were replaced with 1174 LED lights. Up to 60 technicians and 22 scissor lifts worked through the night to remove the old HPS lights and install the new LEDs. The toll road operator says the replacement LEDs are brighter and whiter than the orange HPS lights. "The upgraded lighting will improve safety for motorists, by making the driving task easier,” EastLink corporate affairs manager Doug Spencer-Roy said. Operators in the EastLink control
Major works on boating improvements NEW pontoons have been installed in Mordialloc in a bid to make boating better and more accessible. Work was completed this month to install an accessible pontoon at Pier Road. Its main features will be wider gangways, intermediate landings, grab rails, and tactile surfaces. Work has also been completed on the installation of new floating pontoons at the Governor Road boat ramp. The new pontoons are longer than the existing ones to allow for more capacity. An update on the Better Boating Victoria website reads that it is also “working with the City of Kingston to upgrade the Governor Road boat ramp carpark to increase boat and trailer parking capacity.” “The upgrade will reconfigure the layout and provide for a small number of extra car-and-trailer spaces. The upgrade will also improve the surface of the parking area, provide safer pedestrian access and landscaping. “A concept design has been developed which
aims to achieve the following: provide approximately nine additional trailer/boat parking bays, install a queuing lane beside the boat ramp to improve the flow and efficiency for launching and retrieval of vessels, upgrade the existing car park pavement, kerb, channel and drainage, improved traffic flows to and from Governor Road, additional landscaping around the carpark, including planting three new indigenous trees for every tree that needs to be removed, and improve the footpath network.”
NEW pontoons at Governor Road. Picture: Better Boating Victoria
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Frankston Times
27 July 2021