THE federal government has approved Mornington Peninsula Shire’s application to redirect $5m in funding towards further upgrades at Emil Madsen Recreation Reserve. In 2022, the shire received a $15m grant from the federal government to deliver Stage 1 of the Emil Madsen Reserve Master Plan. The shire completed the works with money to spare and decided to spend the excess funds on redevelopment of the Emil Madsen Reserve Western Pavilion (“Mt Eliza set for ramped-up pavilion”, The News, 23/02/26). In May, councillors voted to scale back the design of the upgrades as costs escalated and submitted a request to extend…
Saturday, November 14
