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Traffic Challenges in Frenchs Forest to Persist as Road Upgrades Continue

Frenchs Forest residents will need to muster more patience as traffic will persist on Warringah Road, as part of the $500-million Northern Beaches Hospital road upgrade project.

Reroutes to the flow of traffic have been taking place, particularly during the weekends, as the construction of the underpass continues. Motorists are advised to be wary o

The Northern Beaches Police Area Command has also advised the public to be more observant and aware of what’s happening, especially during peak traffic hours, to avoid accidents and hurting themselves and other motorists. Since some intersections have changed, drivers are expected to carefully follow the traffic lights. Red light runners have been given stern warnings at these intersections.

The Northern Beaches Hospital road upgrade, which began in October 2018, is aimed at easing traffic and providing a better commuting experience for the public once it is completed. Currently, the project is on its second stage, which involves network enhancements and upgrades to Warringah Road, such as:

underpass
underpass bridges
bus stops
shared paths
pedestrian bridges

*Photo Credit: Traffic Roads and Maritime Services, NSW*

This roadwork project is expected to be finished in 2020. As traffic conditions will not be normalised until this is completed, residents are advised to find alternative routes or plan their travel time ahead.

Fulfill Your Weekly Shopping Needs at Frenchs Forest Sunday Market

Head over to Frenchs Forest’s Sunday Market to enjoy a variety of organic and fresh produce that will surely fulfill your weekly shopping needs.

The Sunday Market is done weekly, rain or shine, at the Parkway Hotel in Frenchs Forest from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. At this open air market place, you will find certified organic food, artisan gourmet produce, and conventional fresh fruit and vegetables.

Sunday Market Vegetables — *Photo credit: Frenchs Forest Market/ Facebook*

Other available goodies available at the market include freshly baked bread, patisserie, and sweet delicacies. Seasonal produce such as local and french cheese, smoked salmon, salami, and Australian truffles are also sold at the market.

Sunday Market Cheese — *Photo credit: Frenchs Forest Market/ Facebook*

Sunday Market Pastries — *Photo credit: Frenchs Forest Market/ Facebook*

Aside from these organic and edible products, the Sunday Market also features locally made fashion items such as bags, dresses, and accessories that are sold for an affordable price. Homewares, indoor plants, and other eco-friendly and sustainable products are also found at some of the booths stationed in the market.

Sunday Market Bags — *Photo credit: Frenchs Forest Market/ Facebook*

Reasons for visiting the Sunday Market

Here are some of the reasons why it is a must for you to visit the Sunday Market:

The food items they offer are certified organic. This implies that their produce has been grown chemical free with high standards of animal husbandry, and it has been checked by a third party.
It is a way for you to support locally made and produced items.
Items sold at the Sunday Market are more affordable than other commercial markets.
You get to meet and interact with other like-minded members of the community.

Sunday Market Community — *Photo credit: Frenchs Forest Market/ Facebook*

Other Services

The Organic Food Markets offer more services than just running its own weekly markets. Other services they offer include: third party stall bookings, management of the market component at larger events, and overall event management of street festivals, twilight markets, food and wine fairs, music events and exhibitions.

You may visit their webpage for more details.

What are you waiting for? Mark your calendars and make sure to visit the Sunday Market at Frenchs Forest weekly!

For updates and more information, please visit their official Facebook page.

Northern Beaches Hospital in Frenchs Forest in Need of Health Professionals

Northern Beaches Hospital in Frenchs Forest is recruiting a great number of doctors and nurses to fill in new positions at the newly run and soon-to-be-expanded hospital.

Since most hospitals today are facing national shortages of full-time health professionals, Northern Beaches Hospital is not limiting its recruitment campaign to local doctors and nurses in the Northern Beaches community. Instead, the recruitment will go all over Australia and even to countries overseas such as New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

International health professionals coming from these three specific countries are prioritised since they have similar qualifications and systems to Australia. This makes the recruitment process relatively easy as compared to other applicants of different nationalities.

Northern Beaches Hospital hopes to lure more health professionals by pitching its newly built first-class facilities, surrounded by one-of-a-kind northern beaches lifestyle amenities. As incentive to current doctors and nurses at the hospital, each is rewarded with a $1,000-bonus if they can find suitable candidates for recruitment.

Lack of Affordable Housing

A major factor that hampers the recruitment of immigrant health professionals in the Northern Beaches Hospital is its lack of affordable housing. It is considered as an expensive place to live, and finding a good accommodation within the peninsula is oftentimes difficult.

For recruitment of local health professionals, the issue of how far they are willing to travel for work arises. In fact, many of the current working nurses in the Northern Beaches Hospital live along western Sydney and in Bondi. Travelling such distance to get to work is already a burden.

At present, the Northern Beaches Hospital has enough health professionals to handle all the services the hospital offers. But for the next 12 months, the hospital’s management is looking forward to opening the remaining wards on level 5 and 6 — a total of 488 beds — combined with the other new services they will offer.

This is mainly why they are pushing further on ramping up their hospital staff with a great number of doctors and nurses to join their dedicated and expert team.

Find out more about the careers being offered at the Northern Beaches Hospital.