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Bridge for the future Annabelle and Jackson from Chandler Park Primary School joined a National Reconiciliation Week joint-raising of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at Harmony Square, Dandenong on Tuesday 27 May. The event led by elder Aunty Elaine Taylor and Greater Dandenong Council included a community artwork, which will be exhibited at Dandenong Library. Under the theme of Bridging Now to Next, the week will be rounded off at Springvale Community Hub today (3 June).
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Bittersweet win two-year-old boy fatally struck by a car while crossing with his father from Dandenong Stadium just before Christmas two years ago. The boy’s uncle Idress Jafari said the tragedy could have been avoided had it heeded years of calls for action. “I don’t know why the Government waits for a life to be lost before they can take meaningful action. “It’s an unforgettable trauma, one that will be in our hearts forever.
“Every time we pass Stud Road we get teary, that day was not easy on us.” In 2018, VicRoads pledged to install pedestrian lights and review the speed limit after a pedestrian in her 50s was fatally struck while crossing to a nearby bus stop. For years, pedestrians – including children – have been reportedly seen sprinting across eight lanes of Stud Road traffic to access the bus stop, Dandenong Stadium and Dandenong Creek trail. The nearest signalised crossing is 850 metres
away at the Heatherton Road lights, with the eastern side of Stud Road largely without a footpath. Roads and Road Safety Minister Melissa Horne says the project is to the benefit of the wider community. “We know just how important the intersection of Stud Road and Mcfees Road is for the local community of Dandenong North, which is why we’re implementing these safety upgrades.” More on the story, turn to page 2
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A belated safe-crossing at a notorious blackspot on Stud Road, Dandenong North will be installed by Christmas, the State Government has announced. The $12.6 million project joint funded by state and federal governments includes traffic lights and pedestrian crossing at McFees Road, a footpath to Dandenong Stadium and extended righthand turning lane from Stud Road into McFees Road. It came as bittersweet news for relatives of a
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