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C4GF 2019- the year in review
THE Committee for Greater Frankston’s third year, 2019, was always going to be shaded by 2018 when federal and state election campaigns saw lavish promises and/or commitments from politicians of both stripes. Nevertheless, it was another year of great gains as airy promises morphed into solid pledges and plans, with the committee again advocating vigorously […]
Media Coverage: Land for Livelihoods
Industrial devolutionCarrum Downs estate feels the squeeze of rejectionBrittany Goldsmith, Frankston Standard, Monday 11 November A multimillion-dollar company is set to quit the Carrum Downs industrial estate for Dandenong, amid fears others will also leave. The revelation comes after calls to investigate rezoning part of Frankston’s Green Wedge — near Thompsons Rd, Dandenong Valley Hwy, […]
Media Coverage: Carrum Downs jobs
Letter to the editor: We need land for jobsFrankston Times 29 October 2019 JUST four Frankston councillors shut down the possibility of more industrial jobs in our city when they voted to not research expanding Carrum Downs Industrial Estate (CDIE). They blocked investigation into rezoning land next to EastLink for industry. The estate has just […]
Mayor stands alone as Council turns its backs on Carrum Downs jobs
FRANKSTON Council has rejected a proposal that would have created more jobs at Carrum Downs. The council voted 4–1 on Monday (14 October) to reject investigating rezoning land to expand Carrum Downs Industrial Estate, which will be full in about six months with the last 20 blocks now on sale. The mayor Cr Michael O’Reilly […]
Media Coverage: CBD vacancies and Young Street rethink
Traders shut up shop as construction wreaks havoc along southeast shopping strip.Shopkeepers on a once-busy Frankston retail strip say they are struggling to survive construction works that have now engulfed them again, two years after VicRoads admitted botching them the first time. Brittany Goldsmith, Frankston Standard Leader October 14, 2019 6:00am Frustrated traders on a […]
Media Coverage: Frankston railway line to stretch to Mornington under bold new plans
Frankston railway line to stretch to Mornington under bold new plansBrittany Goldsmith, brittany.goldsmith@news.com.au, Frankston Standard Leader, 1 October 2019 Frankston Hospital would have a station and trains would run to the Mornington Peninsula under a radical plan to get “cars off congested roads” and “free up crowded carparks” in Melbourne’s outer southeast. Here’s what it […]
Two new infrastructure reports back action on Frankston rail extension
TWO new transport infrastructure reports strongly back the proposed Frankston train line extension. Rail Futures Institute’s blueprint for the next 30 years of rail development in Melbourne calls for the extension to be built by 2026, while a Prosper Australia–Chris Hale Infra Strategy report says nine urgently needed rail projects including the Frankston to Baxter […]
Committee submission to Infrastructure Australia’s 2020 priority list
The Committee for Greater Frankston has made a formal submission to Infrastructure Australia ahead of its 2020 infrastructure priority list on the lack of public transport across the Greater Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula region. Outlining the proposal for the Frankston rail extension- our region most important infrastructure project- and how it will benefit the […]