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Five joy at fifth
FIVE years on from near closure the pupils at Cornish College have gathered to celebrate enrolments soaring from about 220 in 2011 to 701 this year. Amelie, left, Alix, Cooper, James and Tomiah ate specially-made cupcakes on the day. See Page 7. Picture: Gary Sissons
Rail under road for crossings Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au ROADS will be separated from rail at level crossings in Mentone and Cheltenham by digging trenches for the rail line to travel below ground level. The rail under road decision was announced by the state government on Monday (20 February) by Public
Transport Minister Jacinta Allan at Mentone train station. Level crossing removal works will be overseen by the Level Crossing Removal Authority, a Department of Transport body, and the government said construction will begin by the end of 2018. Mentone and Cheltenham train stations will be completely rebuilt as part of the project to remove level crossings at Balcombe Rd in Men-
tone and Charman Rd and Park Rd in Cheltenham. The heritage-listed historic train station building at Mentone, on the Melbourne-bound side, will be retained. Five heritage-listed trees within the station gardens will be kept in place, according to the LXRA, the width of the retaining walls and the need to locate underground power and signalling services immediately next to the trench will mean the rest of the gar-
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dens will be reduced in size. Mordialloc Labor MP Tim Richardson said it was “exciting” to announce the engineering solution to remove the level crossing at Mentone after months of community consultation. “It will be rail under road and we’re preserving the heritage of Mentone station as well,” he said. “For so long people have talked about whether we could remove these crossings but they’re dangerous and
congested and need to go.” Properties including 25 homes and seven businesses will be compulsorily acquired at Cheltenham to make way for the rail trench. No property acquisitions are needed in Mentone. “These dangerous level crossings clog streets and put lives at risk. We promised to get rid of them and we’re getting on with it,” Ms Allan said in a statement. Continued Page 4