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■ Knox Council’s push for road safety improvements to the intersection of High Street Rd and Mowbray Drive in Wantirna South has been successful with $10M federal funding announced. Knox Mayor, Cr Lisa Cooper, said Council had long advocated for traffic lights at this intersection to improve the safety of motorists turning into High St Rd, and pedestrians and cyclists using the crossing. “The Mowbray intersection is well used by residents in the Wantirna South and Scoresby housing estates,” she said. There have been multiple collisions at this intersection involving vehicles entering and exiting Mowbray Drive.
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■ Police have arrested four people after a vehicle bearing false plates evaded police in Melbourne’s south-east. Investigators were told a suspicious vehicle was seen on Fernlea Avenue Rowville. Officers first spotted a black Audi A3 bearing false registration plates on Stud Rd, Wheelers Hill, about 3.40am on Tuesday (Apr. 1). Police attempted to intercept the Audi on Ferntree Gully Rd With the assistance of the Air Wing, officers followed the vehicle along Ferntree Gully Rd through Wheelers Hill and Hampton Park. Police successfully deployed stop sticks on Belgrave-Hallam Rd the Audi coming to a stop in Willow Drive, Hampton Park. All four occupants ran inside an address. A search of the vehicle revealed drugs and weapons. Officers set up a cordon and entered the premises where a 22-year-old Hampton Park man, a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman both from Berwick and a 32-year-old woman from Croydon were arrested a short time later. No one was injured during the incident and all vehicles sustained moderate damage.
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