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WANGARATTA HAS HAD ITS WETTEST OCTOBER IN THE PAST 100 YEARS Rain yesterday only added to the flooding of the Ovens River which has kept Wangaratta’s Sydney Beach (pictured) off limits for much of the past month. Flooding took a more telling toll for almost 800 rural city households on Monday when they lost power and aren’t expected to regain it until tomorrow morning. Stories page 3
Inland Rail ready INLAND Rail project works at Wangaratta and Glenrowan railway precincts are set to start by the end of the year and will be part of a $200 million infrastructure spend in the North East. Environmental approvals are now in place signalling works that will reconfigure and develop infrastructure at the Wangaratta and Glenrowan precincts, enabling double-stacked freight trains to navigate the
Works at Wangaratta, g , Glenrowan p precincts p part of $ $200m spend p BY STEVE KELLY skelly@ nemedia.com.au
Tottenham to Albury route. Wangaratta station’s two footbridges will be replaced by a single pedestrian underpass, the station’s existing eastern track and platform will be relocated to run parallel to the existing
western track, and a major remodel of car parking on both sides of the station will take place. At Glenrowan, the existing Beaconsfield Parade bridge will be replaced with the new widespan bridge and pedestrian walkway, while the historical Siege Street will become a no-throughroad. The Australian Rail Track
Corporation (ARTC) has engaged McConnell Dowell to start construction on the first Inland Rail sites in Victoria which are expected to bring millions of dollars to North East Victorian towns. Project sites also include Barnawartha North and Seymour, with the ARTC expecting more than 170 people to be directly employed with contractor
McConnell Dowell over the life of the project due to end in 2025. Rural City of Wangaratta Mayor Dean Rees was thrilled the works have been given the go ahead as it will improve infrastructure in the city’s two local towns, create jobs and add stimulus to the local economy. He said the new works to the Wangaratta Railway Precinct will complement
council’s completed multimillion works to improve the amenity and further activate the area. “It will allow people to visit and move around the area with more green space, more car parking on both sides of the railway line, and it will beautify an area that has been pretty dull for a number of years,” he said. ■ Continued page 8
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