May be of interest to those in the area, I've aslo sent it on to the
campus.

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Leader - Frankston Standard (Melbourne, Australia) - June 16, 2008

FRANKSTON Council is about to bite the bullet on the city's
pedestrian and traffic flow. Planning for improvements in the Central
Activities District will start within six months.

It will be based on major reports that recommend bridges and other
measures to calm conflict between cars and pedestrians.

Council's acting general manager of assets Ossie Martinz plans a
comprehensive study of traffic, parking,pedestrian, cycling and
public transport issues.He said it would start this year with a
bicycle strategy review. ``It will take into account the
recommendations of the Frankston TAFE to Bay Structure Plan and the
Mornington Peninsula Access and Mobility Study recommendations,'' Mr
Martinz said.

The TAFE to Bay report, adopted in 2005, found inner Frankston
offered little in terms of orientation points, amenity or visual
interest for pedestrians.

It recommended strategies, for a ``delightful human experience'',
including new bridge connections, more open-air retail linkages, more
trees, wider footpaths and more street-based activities.
Bridges could carry pedestrians from Fletcher Rd across the rail line
to the shops, and from Frankston Park across the Nepean Highway to
the beach.

Ideas canvassed in the report included redeveloping the railway
station, a new bus station, new streetscapes, more open space, a long-
term parking strategy, releasing rail corridor land for redevelopment
and general encouragement of walkers. Wells St would be reinforced as
central Frankston's ``premier retail promenade'', the report forecast.
Council officers had discussed speed limits on the Nepean Highway and
through the central activities district with VicRoads.