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Artworks on the house YOUNG artists have been invited to submit their best drawings of houses into the KidsFest Competition for a chance to win prizes. The KidsFest Competition is for children aged four to twelve. The theme of this year’s competition is “ArtHaus”, with children asked to send in their A3 artworks of cool houses, treehouses, and more. Chosen works will be displayed at the Frankston Arts Centre. The first prize winner will receive $150. Five-year-old Leanne (pictured left with artwork inset) won first prize in the competition in 2021. She said her favourite thing about the KidsFest Competition is “seeing other people’s beautiful art. I felt so excited when I was announced as a prize winner. “I hope other people saw my artwork on the wall and enjoyed it. Of course, I’m going to enter again this year,” she said. Submissions close 2pm on 27 August. For more information visit artscentre.frankston.vic.gov. au/Whats-On/Art-Exhibitions/FACKidsFest-Art-Competition Pictures: Supplied
Resident road rage over reduced speed limit Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au THE reduced speed limit on the Nepean Highway in Frankston has drawn fury from motorists. Multiple residents have contacted The Times 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.
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