Tag: transit city
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Eastern Transport Coalition – Meeting the Minister
This evening’s Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC) meeting included a discussion with Lynne Kosky, the Minister for Public Transport. While the chair of the ETC, Cr. Mick van de Vreede, met the Minister earlier this year, tonight’s meeting marked the first occasion where the Minister addressed the entire organisation. Encouragingly the Minister acknowledged the current difficulties…
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Delegates' Report: Improving our urban sustainability through the Eastern Transport Coalition
There were a number of significant events that occurred over the past month and I would like to use this opportunity to brief both council and the wider community: On the 20th of July the Eastern Transport Coalition, which consists of Melbourne’s seven eastern councils, organised a bus tour for Meredith Sussex the Coordinator-General of…
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Eastern Transport Coalition: Bus tour with the coordinator general of Infrastructure
Today the Eastern Transport Coalition (ETC), provided a bus tour for Meredith Sussex, the Coordinator General of Infrastructure, to showcase the outer eastern and southeastern suburbs and to highlight areas that require greater coordination between public transport provision and land-use planning. The tour began in Dandenong, where the City of Greater Dandenong outlined its vision…
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Maroondah Journal: Link for city's station
The Maroondah Journal has reported on the latest funding announcement for Ringwood Station, which includes $3.4 million for detailed design work for the Station and $2 million for amenity improvements. Cr. Alex Makin said the funding was a “progressive step in the right direction. It will transform what is an unsightly feature into an iconic…
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Maroondah Leader: Full steam ahead
The State Government has provided $5.4 million to further advance the detailed design options for Ringwood Station. While the allocation of further funding for Ringwood is definitely positive the State Government has still failed to allocate a long-term funding program for Ringwood. Cr Alex Makin said the State Government needed to deliver a long-term financial…
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Maroondah Leader: no promise on track
Despite Ringwood’s status as a Transit City and support from both the community and Maroondah Council to transform Ringwood into a vibrant urban community, the State Government has continued to drag its feet in providing the funding necessary for the redevelopment of Ringwood Station. Maroondah councillor Alex Makin said the Government should “put its money…
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Launch of Ringwood Going Places
The Minister for Planning, Justin Madden, was in Ringwood today to launch the branding of Ringwood Going Places. The pieces to rejuvenate Ringwood are coming together such as the passing of the precinct plans for the redevelopment of the Town Centre. One significant piece that remains unresolved is Ringwood Station. The redevelopment of the station…
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Ringwood Chamber of Commerce first meeting for 2007
Tonight the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting for 2007. The meeting included an update from Maroondah City Council on projects such as the Ringwood Transit City and a presentation from New Water, a company based in Ringwood, which manufactures and installs products that reuse grey water, reducing household water consumption. Unfortunately the…
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2006 in review: some highlights from my first twelve months on council
The end of 2006 has marked my first year on Maroondah City Council. Over this time I have helped achieve a number of results for both the people of Loughnan’s Hill Ward but and the whole of Maroondah. Some of these achievements include: Refining and passing Maroondah’s Integrated Transport Strategy to provide a whole of…
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Ringwood Chamber of Commerce: End of year function for 2006
The Ringwood Chamber of Commerce held its end of year function at O’Connors Restaurant in Ringwood North. Throughout this year the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce has been actively involved in the planning for the Ringwood Transit City and it is encouraging to see that businesses in Ringwood want the best possible outcome for Ringwood. 2007…