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TAFE Gippsland’s new Port rtt of Sale campus is nearing completion in Wellingt gton t Shire’s Port rtt of Sale precinct. It will become TAFE Gippsland’s newest vocational training campus and is a $25 million capital development project funded by the state government. MORE PHOTOS, FULL STORY ST T - PAGE 3
RECALLING QUEEN’S VISIT TO THE REGION PAGE 5
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TRUCK ROUTE IS A MAJOR FOCUS
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Stefan Bradley
ROSEDALE SPEEDWAY TURNS 50 SPORT
UPGRADES to the Sale Alternative Truck Route has been listed as a major project for the Gippsland region, with funding and planning from the federal, state and local governments. Regional advocacy group One Gippsland has listed the $100 million upgrade as a shovel ready regional priority project in their Pre-Budget Submission 2022-23 document released last month. One Gippsland listed freight fast-track as one of
their four main priorities in the document, calling for network investment, planning and road safety. Consultation for the Sale Alternative Truck Route upgrades began in 2017. The remaining upgrade works under investigation as part of this proposal are still in the planning phase. Works are being planned for the interconnecting roads of Myrtlebank Road, Myrtlebank-Fulham Road and Sale-Heyfield Road. One Gippsland said this alternate route provides a faster and more economic route for vehicles travelling between Melbourne and East Gippsland, as
it is the shorter route, and avoids traffic delays and intersections through Sale. “The bypass provides access for both local and interstate traffic including agriculture, dairy, timber, vegetable production, resources, manufacturing, light industry and tourism,” the One Gippsland document states. “The bypass however cannot account for large heavy vehicles such as B-Doubles and Over Size Over Mass (OSOM) vehicles. This is due to the alternative route having two load limited bridges which can only support vehicles up to the size of a semi-trailer. Continued page 4
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