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Cycling for safety’s sake
Ready to ride: Chris Savage, fourth from left, and supporters of the White Bike Foundation - established in memory of Joel Hawkin - Paul Field, Tom Pountney, Leslie Hawkins, Damian Flatz, Tara Bressan, Liza Hawkins, Kane Hawkins and Zac Adie. Picture: Supplied
CLOSE friends and family of Joel Hawkins gathered on a Dromana roadside last Saturday near where the 17-year-old cyclist was hit by a car in June 2015. Joel, who had already notched up a long list of cycling achievements, died after spending more than a week on life support at the Alfred hospital. A white ghost bike was placed in his memory near the corner of Marine Parade and Nepean Highway and now his former coach, Chris Savage, is taking the White Bike Foundation’s safety message to Canberra. Savage left Mornington for Canberra on Saturday and is due to end his 1700 kilometre ride next Monday (26 March). “It has been amazing to see the way the Mornington Peninsula community has rallied around what we are trying to do,” Joel’s mother Liza Hawkins, of Mt Martha, said. “We want the message to spread far and wide, because we believe that everybody has the right to use the road safely and complete every journey.” Joel’s father Leslie urged road users to “double check they are making the safest decision for everybody – life is such a vulnerable thing and the impact of a road casualty is absolutely devastating to all communities involved”. Savage said the 1700 kilometre ride would “mark Joel’s 17 years with us”. “It will hurt, but nothing will come close to the emotional pain inflicted when a person is taken from us in a road casualty. We want all road-sharers to take one extra second before acting on a decision – to make sure it is the safest option.”
Shire plunges in for bigger pool Stephen Taylor steve@mpnews.com.au A STRONG show of public support helped swing the vote in favour of building a 50-metre swimming pool at a packed Mornington Peninsula Shire Council meeting on Tuesday night, 13 March. About 150 “enthusiastic but well behaved” supporters crammed into Rosebud Memorial Hall to back the larger
option for the Rosebud Aquatic Centre at Besgrove Street. Some carried signs urging approval of the 50-metre pool; others wore water polo caps. The mayor Cr Bryan Payne later described the unanimous council vote as “fantastic”. He said the councillors’ backing of the larger pool over a 25-metre lowercost alternative recommended by shire officers was an example of “what local government is all about”. The shire’s buildings and open space
team leader David Hampton said the 25-metre indoor pool option “should substantially meet expected community demand and deliver the greatest benefits for the lowest cost and with lesser environmental impacts. This option is considered to offer best value for money”. But, in a case where the heart ruled the head, Cr Payne said: “With the proper process you get the residents’ feedback,” citing the 94 per cent of respondents from all those surveyed who
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backed a 50-metre pool. “The officers looked from the business point of view, but the councillors looked wider: to school carnivals, lap swimming, swimming clubs and lifesaving clubs. It really was a no brainer as far as I was concerned,” he said. Cr Simon Brooks said choosing the larger pool against the officers’ recommendation was acceptance of a “resounding message from the community”. “All the way through the officers
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had indicated their preference for the 25-metre option, but the pool will be there for 50 years-plus … [and it would have been] a very expensive proposition to enlarge it or build a new 50-metre pool in the future. However, I understand that some councillors didn’t want to spend that amount of money.” Councillors’ support for the larger pool was described as “democracy in action” by Cr Antonella Celi who successfully put the 50-metre option to a vote. Continued Page 6
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