Partial closure of Ferguson Street – Thursday, 1 March to Thursday, 29 March 2018
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Melbourne Water will be working day and night from 7am, Thursday 1 March until 6pm, Thursday 29 March to reline the Williamstown Main Sewer beneath Ferguson Street, Williamstown.
To get this work done, Ferguson Street will be closed to eastbound traffic between James Street and The Strand.
Part of the roundabout at the intersection of Nelson Place/The Strand and Ferguson Street will also be closed. Local detours in place will include: • Traffic traveling east along Ferguson Street will be detoured left along MacLean Street, towards Stevedore Street. • While traffic traveling north along Nelson Place will be detoured left along Ferguson Street, right at Douglas Parade and right again at Stevedore Street. • Pedestrian access to Ferguson Street will be maintained in both directions. • Bus service route 471 will be detoured via right into Cecil Street, left into Pasco Street, right into Nelson Place then normal route to the Williamstown Beach Terminus. Normal service to Sunshine. • Bus service route 415 will be detoured via Melbourne Road, left into Pasco Street then left into Nelson Place to resume normal service on Ferguson Street west bound to Sunshine. • Limited parking will remain in the centre of Ferguson Street and adjacent to the westbound lane. There will be signage and traffic controllers to ensure people are able to safely navigate the work area. The speed limit in the vicinity of the works will be 40km/hour. People traveling through the area are urged to follow traffic management and detour signs and the directions of traffic controllers. Please allow additional travel time. For more information: • Phone: 1800 813 242 • Email: williamstownsewer@melbournewater.com.au • Visit: www.melbournewater.com.au/williamstownsewer • Contact our TTY service on 133 677 or our Interpreter service on 131 450
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Store manager Shannon Hill with an RSPCA Victoria adoption kitten. (Damjan Janevski)
Time to adopt a pet A three-day adoption blitz will begin this Friday as RSPCA Victoria seeks to house about 1000 pets in desperate need of a home. The RSPCA ‘Clear the Shelter’ promotion will offer $29 adoptions of dogs, cats, guinea pigs and rabbits. The drastically cut price will be on offer from Friday to Sunday at all seven RSPCA Victoria animal care centres and participating Petbarn stores. RSPCA Victoria chief executive Dr Liz Walker said the promotion aims to find forever homes for animals currently in RSPCA care. “We monitor adoption promotions carefully and have found that the price someone pays to acquire an animal has no impact on return rates and no negative impact on the animal’s welfare,” she said.
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Dr Walker said RSPCA Victoria does not have a limit on how long an animal can remain in its care, but believes that pets belong in homes not shelters. “The $29 fee is nowhere near what it costs to prepare an animal for adoption, but if we can get hundreds of pets into permanent homes then that’s a really worthwhile investment,” she said. All adoption animals are desexed, microchipped, vaccinated, health and behaviour checked and adoption procedures will ensure each animal is matched to the right family. Visit Petbarn Maribyrnong, 16/179 Rosamond Road, between Friday and Sunday. Further details: rspcavic.org/adoption
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Meet the West Gate Tunnel Project team westgatetunnelproject.vic.gov.au
The West Gate Tunnel Project will upgrade the West Gate Freeway and link it to the city and CityLink, with new tunnels under Yarraville and bridges over the Maribyrnong River. We will be at Donald McLean Reserve (The Avenue, Spotswood) on Saturday 24 February from 10am - 2pm to chat about works in your area. If you can’t make it along to a session, we’re available on 1800 105 105 or via westgatetunnelproject@wda.vic.gov.au.
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