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being warned residents are bins N Peninsula closed shops or full MORNINGTON Peninsula residents are being warned on CCTV MORNINGTO outside donations them being captured that leaving donations outside closed shops or full bins that leaving to could lead over Easter could lead to them being captured on CCTV over Easter Keep Australia and fined. and fined. to the waste watch group of all donations left According to the waste watch group Keep Australia per cent in landfill According around 90 bins end up Beautiful Victoria, around 90 per cent of all donations left Beautiful Victoria, stops or recycling outside charitable stops or recycling bins end up in landfill or soiled. although outside charitable are damaged Jeff Antcliff says that because they are damaged or soiled. this because they manager at reducing Vinnies general manager Jeff Antcliff says that although Vinnies general are getting better peninsula residents are getting better at reducing this on way to go. peninsula residents is still a long we have had a reduction waste, there is still a long way to go. peninsula, waste, there past five years at our shops on the “Over the past five years we have had a reduction on “Over the about conleft unattended that, but it’s things being left unattended at our shops on the peninsula, things being thank residents for it’s about consaid. to of and I’d like to thank residents for that, butPaul and I’d like process,” he went to a lot education he said. process,” tinuing that education op shop Hastings, with tinuing that said well-meaning people Kirkham, good for donations, went to a lot of at Vinnies people said well-meaning Mr Antcliff Mr Antcliff and Graeme it into the fold and pack often became soiled VOLUNTEERS Jones pack good for donations, and made launder and and foldthat to launder trouble Angela where it trouble to goods Benjamin, it unattended, donated it unattended, where it often became soiled leave theleave only to of to recycle only some VOLUNTEERS at Vinnies op shop Hastings, Paul Sissons of reuse and at open Gary or blown around. blown around. by weather Picture: or by weather store. 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THE reduced speed limit on the Nepean Highway in Frankston has drawn fury from motorists. Multiple residents have contacted The News after receiving fines for speeding through the intersection of Nepean Highway and Davey Street in Frankston. They complained that the new 40kmph speed limit is poorly signed. The speed limit on the Nepean Highway between Fletcher Road and Plowman Place was reduced to 40kmph in October 2021. Some of the new speed limit signs were replaced just one month later to make them more visible. A speed camera on Davey Street has been enforcing the new limit since April of this year. One of the key reasons for changing the speed limit was to make outdoor dining safer. A VicRoads document released in June last year read “in the five years leading up to 30 June 2019, there were 30 reported crashes along this shopping strip, with 15 crashes resulting in serious injuries and one crash tragically resulting in a fatality. By installing new safety features on Nepean Highway in Frankston, we can improve pedestrian safety, prevent serious crashes from happening or reduce the severity of crashes when they’re unavoidable.” The project document also read that six electronic signs warning motorists of the speed limit would be installed. The Department of Transport has installed those signs, but they have not yet been turned on. They are expected to be operational in the next few weeks. Ian Robins, a retired engineer who uses the road,
says that an investigation must be commissioned to look into the installation of the speed limit signs. “Many submissions have been lodged with the Road Safety Camera Commissioner, but the investigation being called for is not about camera operations. It is estimated at least 18,000 infringements were recorded at the Davey Street cameras in May, alone,” Robins said. “There are clear indicators a low level of awareness of the change to 40 kmph is the key issue because the signage is not fit for purpose on a highly trafficked divided arterial road at the edge of a commercial zone. If 40 kmph limits are introduced on other divided arterial roads with the same minimum level of signage, a similar outcome will result.” Frankston Council CEO Phil Cantillon said that he is aware that motorists are having issues with the new speed limit. “Council has been working cooperatively with the Department of Transport to highlight its concerns and advocate for temporary electronic message boards to be installed pending the permanent signage being switched on, as well as writing to the Office of the Road Safety Camera Commission for its further consideration of the matter,” he said. “In this particular situation, the Nepean Highway is a state controlled DOT road and the introduction of the 40km zone is part of a state-wide DOT initiative to improve the safety of shopping strips. Frankston City Council welcomes the lowered speed zone introduced on this section of Nepean Highway in late 2021 recognising how busy it is with cars and pedestrians associated with the retail and restaurant activity, and for those walking to the waterfront and for commuters.”
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