We have exciting news for Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach locals, your new walking and cycling path is almost complete and sections will progressively open from May as part of our Level Crossing Removal Project works.
When completed, the new path along the railway side of Station Street will form more than 11km of continuous shared use path from Edithvale to Frankston. The new path will create new opportunities for locals to exercise, socialise and get to work, school and local shops.
Our crews have made great progress building the path as part of finishing works across the 3 new Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach station precincts after the removal of 5 dangerous and congested level crossings late last year.
To make it easier to leave the car at home, each station will have 26 new bike spaces in secure bike cages. Chelsea Station will have 38 bike hoops, with 17 bike hoops each at Edithvale and Bonbeach stations.
The finishing works also include planting more than 800 trees and 85,000 shrubs, groundcovers and grasses and opening new station carparks with CCTV and more lighting to create safer station precincts.
The new Chelsea pedestrian bridge is also rapidly taking shape to provide an easier and more convenient connection from Station Street to Chelsea’s shopping strip and the beach – it’s due to open in May.
The finishing works at Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach are due to be completed by the middle of the year.
The Victorian Government is investing $4 billion in the Frankston Line to remove a total of 20 dangerous and congested level crossings and build 13 new stations by 2025 – with 58 level crossings already gone for good across Melbourne.
