Push for missing link

By Emma Sun
THE City of Casey is negotiating with developers to construct the missing link in Linsell Boulevard in Cranbourne East.
At present, Linsell Boulevard runs between Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road and Berwick-Cranbourne Road with a missing section of road between the Cascades on Clyde Estate and the Hunt Club Estate.
A petition with a total of 248 votes was handed in by residents to the council, requesting it be presented to the appropriate developer on Clyde Estate to make Linsell Boulevard a continuous road.
Earlier in the year, the head petitioner, Cascades on Clyde resident Lisa Sturzaker told the News that the missing section caused residents around the area additional travel and inconvenience when accessing schools and other amenities in Casey.
“If you want to go into Cranbourne or even to the school on the Hunt Club side, you have to go all the way around,” she said.
“What should be a two-minute trip, takes at least 15 minutes. It’s ridiculous we have to go all the way around because of bureaucracy getting in the way of finishing 150 metres of road.”
The council stated in the May meeting agenda that all developers already have the necessary planning permits to start constructions on the road.
“The works and acquisition of the road are reliant on their own desire to proceed with development and this is not within council’s direct control,” the agenda stated.
“This is especially so as the land is not currently within council ownership, and to forcibly or publicly acquire it is in itself a costly and often lengthy process.”
Council officers are now conducting discussions with developers.
With developer co-operation, they should be able to report back to the council in August with an estimated timing of road construction.