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Petition calls for playground
Member for La Trobe Jason Wood met with residents from Arden Estate in Pakenham to discuss their petition for a park on Saturday.
By Jessica Anstice La Trobe MP Jason Wood has joined the call to build a park in Arden Estate in Pakenham. More than 100 people have signed a petition calling for a park after an article was published in the Pakenham Officer Star News last week. Members of Arden Estate Neighbours Group united on Saturday with the request to build a park with play equipment in the estate. Mr Wood attended the meet up and supported the demand. “There are will be around 550 houses in the estate once completed,” Mr Wood said. “It is important to high-
light that there is no park in the estate built by council or the estate developer and there is no plan to build one in future.” Many petition supporters evoked their reasoning for need of a park on the petition website. “Our estate is in desperate need of a park and open space for children to play in,” one woman commented. “Council have let us down and so have the developers. “We bought our land based on being told that there were lots of parks already planned and now the heritage grass is overgrown and disgusting to look at.” To sign the petition visit, http://chng.it/P4x24PJp59
March: off track March was a challenging month across the Public Transport Victoria (PTV) network, with multiple incidents causing delays to trains in Melbourne and regional Victoria, including disruption on the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Frankston lines. The performance results for March showed Metro delivered 88 percent of services ontime, Yarra Trams delivered 78 percent of services on-time, and V/Line delivered 84 percent of services on-time. “There were a number of issues last month
that significantly impacted the performance across the network - some of these were out of the operators’ control, some in their control,” PTV acting CEO Alan Fedda said. “That’s why this week we’re getting on with the Autumn construction blitz to build the Metro Tunnel, remove level crossings and upgrade many parts of the network to continue to improve its resilience and reliability.” On the regional train network V/Line saw 95.2 percent of services delivered. More trains ran on time on the Gippsland
line than last month. A number of external incidents impacted the regional services, including the Bunyip bushfires. “There’s a lot of work going on across the regional network to upgrade train lines across the state,” said Mr Fedda. Due to each operator missing performance targets in March, passengers can claim compensation. Compensation can be claimed by all hold-
ers of Myki passes that are valid for 28 days or more and have been used on train or tram services for at least 10 days of that month. Compensation for March will equate to the value of one daily fare or complimentary day return V/Line ticket being uploaded onto the Myki. For details on how to claim, and for detailed performance results, visit the PTV website at www.ptv.vic.gov.au/tickets/refunds-compensation-and-replacement-tickets/compensation
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