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State titles beckon Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club has confirmed its reputation as a world class organisation with several of its members preparing to compete for Victoria. Mac Hooper will compete in pool lifesaving while 11 other members will compete in various events of surf life saving for their state either in Freshwater, NSW, or Moama, South Australia, in the next few weeks. All had to take part in trials based around the races that they would have to compete in at their various competitions. Lex McNaughton and Tyler Walsh are captains of the Junior Victorian Squad which will race in Freshwater at the end of January. Other members of the team are Taia Young (beach), Kimmy Gilling (water), and Tim Hannan (water) and youngster Marcus Bird (water).
Cam Bohan, Marcus Bird, Tim Hannan, Jesse Coulson and Tyler Walsh, (front) Mac Hooper, Lex McNaughton, Ali Gannon, Lucy Conquit, Taia Young and Kimmy Gilling. Absent: Seamus Spanner. 176428
Bridge call clear Western Victoria Region MP Simon Ramsay has called on the Victorian Government to direct VicRoads to investigate a second bridge option for Barwon Heads. “It is a matter of urgency given traffic delays, congestion and traffic accidents that have happened during, and because of, high visitation to the region and the establishment of a 60,000-satellite city population at Armstrong Creek,“ Mr
Ramsay, who lives in Barwon Heads, said. “That development has proceeded with no provision for infrastructure, road access or future planning that is sustainable. “Barwon Heads is being choked to death by this lack of foresight for both pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. It is detrimental to the overall liveability of the region.
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“The proposed Bellarine Link is decades away but the traffic problem is here and now.” Road users this summer have been banked back sometimes as far as the turn off to the surf life saving club heading towards Barwon Heads. However, this issue has often happened in the past even before the population growth and the new pedestrian crossings in Barwon Heads. Heavy summer traffic between Barwon
Heads and Ocean Grove has always existed, particularly between Boxing Day and when school returns for the new year. The existing road bridge, which is 308 metres long, replaced the historic original timber structure and opened to traffic in December 2010. Last year the State Government announced that a busy section of Barwon Heads Road would be duplicated.
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