By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A Greater Dandenong Council internal review has given the all-clear to a controversial 116-townhouse estate being built just a metre from a busy road corner in Keysborough.
Public uproar had erupted over the Keysborough Townhouses project in a mixed-use zone at 452 Cheltenham Road.
There appears no room for a footpath along the access road to the HomeCo shopping centre, child-care centre and Cheltenham Road.
The estate’s corner property Lot 1 stands just a metre from the kerb.
Residents also fear that a shortage of onsite parking will cause overflow into the HomeCo.
However a review by Greater Dandenong’s building and planning teams found the project was compliant.
By Cam Lucadou-Wells
After months of red-tape delays, a proposed Keysborough community garden’s $20,000 of council funding is now under threat.
Maralinga Community Garden had been allocated the funding as part of the City of Greater Dandenong’s 2020-’21 budget.
But the project in Chandler Road Reserve had stalled due to awaiting council approval while the council enacts a community garden policy.
The money is not guaranteed to carry over into 2021-’22, council corporate services director Mick Jaensch confirmed at a council meeting on 24 May.
“The very short answer is no, it has not (been carried over into 2021-’22).
“That is because we only assess carry over projects in July of each year.
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