30 years to 1985
FLOODING in Pakenham should be a thing of the past if a strategy plan drawn up by the Dandenong Valley Authority is adopted.
The $2.7 million dollar plan is designed to protect Pakenham from major floods similar to those of 1984 and 1934.
Councillor Michael Bishop described the plan as one of the most important things to happen in the Shire for some time.
AN APPLICATION to rezone about 13 hectares of land at Berwick for reserved living has been refused because the Board of Works says there is an “oversupply” of residential land in the city.
The board has told Berwick Council that the 3730 hectares of subdivided living land represents 25 years supply at present rates of development.
20 years to 1995
AT LEAST 14 Gazette readers have registered as organ donors following a campaign in Pakenham in March.
Beaconsfield resident Keith Goodman, with his wife Anne, helped conduct the Pakenham Hospital Ladies Auxiliary meeting which kicked off the campaign. He said the response was wonderful.
Cardinia Shire Council will set aside $118,240 in its 1995/6 budget for the purchase of computer equipment.
The merging of the former Shire of Pakenham with parts of the former City of Cranbourne and the former Shire of Sherbrooke has seen a 30 per cent increase in rate assessment for the new shire, necessitating some upgrading of its computer facilities.
The mainframe computer purchased in 1989 is current running at full capacity.
10 years to 2005
BERWICK Lodge Primary School celebrated its 15th anniversary during a colour assembly on Friday 20 May.
Principal Henry Grossek, who has overseen the school’s development since the first sod was turned, said the day was special for the school.
“The then Minister for Education Joan Kirner officially opened the school on 20 May 1990,” Mr Grossek said.
Ms Kirner later became Premier of Victoria.
OFFICER residents have rejected a package of road safety measures for a controversial intersection in the town, labelling it a “Band-Aid solution”.
Liberal Eumemmerring MP Gordon Rich-Phillips also criticised the package unveiled by Labor MP for Gembrook Tammy Lobato for the intersection of Tivendale Road, Station Street and Princes Highway.
The package comprised flashing traffic light warning signs and speed reduction to 70km/h.
