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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 […]
Communication is key for new Frankston CEO, Phil Cantillon.
Communication is key for new CEOSeptember 30, 2019 Bayside News PHIL Cantillon has been officially appointed as Frankston Council CEO. Mr Cantillon had been the CEO in an interim capacity, and has been at council since October 2017. Mr Cantillon said “Frankston City has such a vibrant and diverse community whose needs and expectations vary […]
Cool companies in Carrum Downs
Last issue we told the story of Carrum Downs Industrial Estate, which has been transformed from paddocks to an innovative industrial precinct in just over 30 years. Over 8600 people are employed in the zone, which generates $3.65 billion a year in gross regional product. Here’s a selection of some innovative businesses in the estate. […]
Car parking letter to editor
Letter to editor: Time for CBD parking vision16 September 2019 THE state government and Frankston Council removing boat ramp fees for boaties using trailers is a welcome boost for tourism and amateur fishing. The change, which will save Frankston boaties up to $15 a day in parking and launching fees at Kananook Creek and Olivers […]
Rail extension study release imminent.
Frankston rail extensionThe Committee for Greater Frankston has been working behind the scene for the public release of the Frankston rail extension’s preliminary business case. This week both Minister Tudge’s and Minister Allan’s departments confirmed that the Victorian government will sign-over the federally-funded report to commonwealth government in the coming weeks. This is a necessary […]