MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire will clean up erosion it caused after burying a pile of old asbestos found at the Balcombe Creek Estuary in Mt Martha – two months after it was first reported and taped off. The material, which was left from the former Balcombe Army Camp decommissioned in the 1980s, was discovered among bush scrub on the side of the boardwalk by a resident on April 8.The site was initially cordoned off with tape, but the public still had access to the pathway while the asbestos was exposed for weeks (“Asbestos found at Balcombe Creek Estuary,” The News 20/05/25).…
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A RESIDENT has expressed serious concern after discovering a pile of what he believed to be old asbestos roofing material discarded near the boardwalk at the Balcombe Creek Estuary in Mt Martha. Steve Jones reported the find to the Mornington Peninsula Shire on 8 April requesting they assess the potentially hazardous material but to his disappointment, it had only been taped off. Jones, a professional firefighter who created the Country Fire Authority’s only training program related to asbestos, believed the material was old roofing that had likely been dumped for many years. He said the material, most likely corrugated asbestos…