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Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
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Mayor Lana Formoso with her sons Hugo and Luka and Dandenong resident Sasha. 406149
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Stud Road victory By Sahar Foladi In a major win for residents, a safer pedestrian crossing at Stud Road, Dandenong North has finally been allocated funds in the 2024-’25 State Budget after years of advocacy. The upgrade - part of a $16.5 million, threeyear package for several metro roads projects - will improve signalisation and add a pedestrian crossing at the notorious intersection of Stud and McFees roads.
The section of the busy road has taken two lives in the past six years, including a toddler last December. Greater Dandenong mayor Lana Formoso, who’d advocated strongly for this change, was caught in a whirlwind of emotions. “I’m sorry there are still families suffering the tragic loss of their family members, prior to this project being promised. “But I have done my job as a mayor, mother, resident, ambassador for road safety and I
couldn’t be happier. “That was 10 years of relentless advocacy 10 years of grit and hard work has paid off and I’m forever grateful.” She started her advocacy for a pedestrian crossing as a resident in 2013, when attempting to cross the dangerous six-lane road with her two kids and their cycles. Now as a mayor persistent on the issue, she is finally overjoyed at what the community had achieved.
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“Alongside Greater Dandenong City Council and community organisations, I’ve personally advocated for this matter to be addressed by the State Government for a decade. “I was pleased that the Minister for Road Safety and a representative of the Department of Transport and Planning visited us in recent months to discuss the matter, along with Gabrielle Williams, our local Member for Dandenong. Continued page 6