Cranbourne East is a suburb in

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, 45 km south-east of Melbourne's

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, located within the

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. Cranbourne East recorded a population of 24,679 at the .

Facilities

The suburb has a private school, Casey Grammar School, and the Cranbourne area Chisholm TAFE. Cranbourne East P-12 School, is being built and is set to open from Preparation grade in February 2011. It is home to the Casey Complex, originally called Cranbourne Complex, officially opened in December 1994 by the

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. The complex is home to the head office of the Casey-Cardinia Library Cooperation, and is home also to the Cranbourne Bowlland, a ten-pin bowling complex. In June 2009, the City of Casey opened ''Casey RACE'', its Recreation and Aquatic Centre (capitalising "centre" as "CEntre"), directly next to the sporting facility of Casey Complex, and features a 50m olympic swimming pool, water slides, gymnasium and general aquatic facilities. Part of the

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runs to the south of the suburb.

Transport

*896 Cranbourne – Cranbourne East (every day). Operated by

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. *898 Cranbourne – Archers Field Dve. Operated by

. There are proposals for a

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near Reynard Street. However, a passenger service has not run on this section of track since July 1993 and the line is no longer used, and is not electrified. The State Government's 2008

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transport policy includes the new station at Cranbourne East, and have given it a medium timeframe for construction. It was scheduled to be built by 2015, at a cost of $200 million. Such an extension would extend suburban services by around 2 km.

Future residential developments

The Growth Areas Authority released a draft report known as the 'Cranbourne East Development Plan' in 2008, aiming to develop available land within the following few years within the suburb and neighbouring Clyde North. The land is roughly bounded by the

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, Casey Fields, Berwick – Cranbourne Road, and Thompson Road. The development plan includes a mixture of parkland, high and low density housing, and a small industrial precinct. The division began in 2008 and continues , and includes the housing development estate Cascades on Clyde.

References

{{City of Casey suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the City of Casey

Facilities

Transport

Future residential developments

See also

References