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Wangaratta’s third wettest spring in the past century
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STARS SPARKLE AT ST CATHERINE’S RINE’S TWO of Australia’s finest musical theatre and operatic performers, Marina a Pr Pri Prior ior an ior io and d David Hobson, lit up the lawns of St Catherine’s Aged Care yesterday afternoon oon n for for a an n unforgettable pre–Christmas concert. The pair are currently on an encore tour of their hit production, ‘The Off Us n, ‘T The he 2 O U ’. Us’. In an up close and personal mode, they entertained the large a audience with back–stage udie ud ienc ncce wit wi ith th b acck––ssttag ack– age and life stories and, accompanied by renowned pianist David Cameron, performed their me ero ron n, perf n, pe erffor o me ed th heiir classics from productions such as The Phantom of The Opera, Cats, Evita, Les Miserables, ats ts,, Ev vit ita, a, L es M es i erab is ble l s, West Side Story, Guys and Dolls, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and La Bo Boheme, Boh heme, to name but a few, as well as favourites from their award–winning albums. The St Catherine‘s concert was not part of the scheduled tour, just bring jusst a stop op p off off tto o br b in ng some joy to the residents and staff. PHOTO: Kurt Hickling PHOT PH O O: OT O K urtt Hi ur H ick ckli ck ling ng g
Easing floods A $4 million upgrade to drainage at Wangaratta’s Newman Street hopes to aid further business growth in one of the city’s key industrial areas. With Bunnings Warehouse earmarked to expand its footprint with a larger premises at the corner of Tone Road and Newman Street, mayor Dean Rees believes the latest street works and development of other
$4m Newman Street works to improve $ p drainage, g , help p beautifyy area BY STEVE KELLY skelly@ nemedia.com.au
private land would entice prospective commercial enterprises. Cr Rees said works will improve Newman Street with kerb, channel and drainage because the area
currently floods quite regularly after a small downpour. He said there will be drainage areas out the back of the council depot which will take all the water away from the street. “It will encourage existing business owners to really tidy up their properties because it is a main link in Wangaratta and it has
been downgraded for a long time,” Cr Rees said. “With the expansion of the existing Bunnings building as well, it will really tidy up the situation.” There is still private land on Newman Street owned by the Judd Group and Cr Rees said this could offer more scope for development in the area. “Industrial land is super
tight at the moment so hopefully private land in the street will be developed by existing or incoming businesses,” he said. Council this week awarded the contract to Hill’s Civil Contracting to carry out kerb and channel works, a retarding basin in Avian Park and the installation of a pump station. Works will start in
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February 2023 and take about 10 months to complete. Council received $3.376m in funding via the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts under Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program. ■ Continued page 2