HOMEOWNERS near where a landslide occurred in McCrae have been warned to stay away as the potential for the slope to move may continue for days or weeks to come.Authorities are investigating after the landslide occurred on the morning of 14 January, destroying a home after it slid down a cliff and leaving one man hospitalised.Emergency services were called to the incident on Penny Lane, on the corner of Point Nepean Rd, about 8.45am after the house collapsed. A council worker aged in his 50s was taken to Frankston hospital in a stable condition after sustaining lower body injuries. It…
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Emergency services are on the scene of a landslip that has caused the collapse of a house at Penny Lane in McCrae. The emergency alert, issued at 8.49am, stated that a house had “rolled down the hill”, and was responded to by the CFA, police and ambulance services. Paramedics are treating at least one injury on site. It is believed emergency services are inspecting the site to determine if any other structures are at risk due to the landslip. Point Nepean Road has been closed in McCrae, near Penny Lane, in both directions with police advising motorists to avoid the…
THE Mornington Peninsula Shire council has welcomed a $2.19m Disaster Ready Fund grant from the federal government to contribute to remediation and protection works for the Mount Martha landslip. Council is also contributing $2.19m to this project. The project will reinstate a local access road after it collapsed and slid onto The Esplanade beneath it on 29 September 2020 (Landslip closes Esplanade, The News 5/10/2020).At the time, the collapse was blamed on stormwater run off and saw an estimated 30 tonnes of material and vegetation dislodge on the slope above the Esplanade, between Ellerina Road and Bradford Road. Works to…