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LITTLE Athletics in Chelsea has received a $1300 grant to buy new hurdles. The grant came through Coles’ sports equipment grants. Chelsea Little Athletics Centre CoPresident Paulo Lay said “Chelsea is looking forward to providing another season of ‘family, fun and fitness’ hot on the heels of the Tokyo Olympics.” “Last season our athletes achieved remarkable success, amassing more than 1,500 personal bests and setting 10 new centre records despite the ongoing challenges from COVID-19,” he said. “Being able to replace our ageing equipment like high jump bars, shot puts and measuring sticks through a grant like this will assist in keeping our membership fees low and help our centre to develop and grow our athletes. The new equipment will also help our volunteers move through the program quickly and efficiently as they will be able to pack up and down more efficiently.” Picture: Supplied
Council urges rail under road option Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au PLANS to build rail over road in Parkdale and Mentone have left some residents disappointed. Earlier this year the state government announced plans to remove level crossings at Parkers Road in Parkdale
and Warrigal Road in Mentone. Its preferred solution for the project is to build rail bridges, while building a new station at Parkdale. Kingston mayor Steve Staikos said that an online survey found that “the community was overwhelmingly against an elevated rail solution at Parkers Road and Warrigal Road, with more than 76 per cent of respondents
supporting a rail under road solution instead.” “We had a huge response to our survey with 1150 local Parkdale and Mentone residents having their say on what they want to see happen in their neighbourhoods,” he said. “We are calling on the government to listen to that feedback and engage properly with the community, before making a
final decision. “We are urging the LXRP to thoroughly investigate the rail under road solution as an option and then make public the detailed report including indicative designs.” At its 27 September meeting, councillors agreed to write to the transport infrastructure minister and the Level Crossing Removal Project to ask for
plans for “meaningful consultation on the proposed level crossing removals and make public engineering reports.” The News asked the LXRP what consultation took place before announcing a preferred solution to build rail over road. The LXRP did not answer before publication deadline. Continued page 3
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