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Liz Bell liz@mpnews .com.au housing crisis. NEAR BY The other residents sites are plan to ings and are opposi lease Mornington.in Rosebud, Hast- related to ng a Shire-owned Mornington However, times, and school pick-up Peninsula have Capel Sound land in affordable high volum and drop-o questio Capel traffic. s’ es of pedest ff “The counci appropriate”housing as being Sound for appropriate, ned whether the residents rian mit Veronica location l wants Madigan, is road safety location and in an “in- intersection with concerns their though residents the nearby Facebook of who has will cause alread problems. page started a haven’t release ts on this, to sub- fears The shire y service Wingara Drive Rosebud d any inform but they (which dents in Capel (Concerning All s 70 houses as lot sizes, last Decem and will Sound residen Hospital able to Resito the propos Sound) to be the ber told cope with would not alert residen managementnumber of housesation, such main access and units Capel the development al, winds Comm ts that land unless it the extra be , so how or route to cern about planssaid there was also ts submi behind was population unity can we traffic ssion? Sea- is already “dange) and Allambi Avenue con“I realise upgraded. put in a Avenue the primary schoolto put a road - had beenHub - 11A Allam would bring rous”, “We believ” she said. the need throug housing, four afforda which has bi and chosen an unacce and the projec for afforda but risk in traffic a lot of pedestSeawinds Hub,h in regards e there are other as one ble housin ptable increa t a child applied projects and ble of to sites risk option g partne care rian traffic to keep mitigation ment, to pedest to help and The neighb se rship and that such as access traffic manag s bly new residen all existing has to be ease the rians. Ms Madig and kinder. epeninsula’s Eastbourne ourhood is also from Boneo an would not The mayor ts safe,” she and possiPrimary home to opposed to the said residents standing “We need impact on residen Road, the said. were not Cr Antho concept housing issues of School and longCapel Sound more inform ny ts. we of afforda but believ traffic conges early ation becaus been propos Marsh said ble fic have already been ed tion detailsthoroughly thoughthe site had change e decisioconsultation stage al was “in the impacted due to n has been and no counci t out, with not [Yawa] being release the buildin by trafpool made few object He said d. l g and yet”. all feedba ions were were ignore of the form ck would d when the Mrs Madig raised.” and urged council’s decisio help inan said communities n-mak there were say”. to “have ing also their Continued Page 11
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ORGA NISER March4Justic S of the weeke family violen e event agains nd’s t gender ce shone ing rate ed and a light of Morningtonthis types of violen on the shockce on the In the first Peninsula. six month women s of 2021, reported lence to 817 incide police across nts of family double the viothe average. Victorian local peninsula, almost government March4Justic area e is pushing for equali a national movem end to gender ty, justice ent On Sunda ed violence. , respect, and an Rosebud y, participants Village pier, and along marched from Green, where the Bay trail to the called out people speakers for an end to familywith slogan s and Morningtonmusicians inspire violence and d the Sarah Race Peninsula Shire councicrowd. tional event, said the march llor representing with speake was an inspira rs Marg D’Arc the rainbow including ‘Shaz’ comm , y speaki ians. ng for seniorunity and AustralFemale Luckhurst,musicians includ MC and Mount Marth ed Maxon, Heidi a Sally's ukulel teenager Cr Race Zara e. Geraldine said this year's Local Champ violence Bliston, had spoken ion, about family Day awardon the peninsula communitys ceremony andat the Australia inspired Details: to act. the facebook.com /March4Morn Pen
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