HELP inform the next stages of the Welsford Street upgrade. Council is set to continue works to cater for Welsford Street’s busy role as a north-south arterial road, which seeks to improve traffic flow, safety and amenity for vehicles and pedestrians.
Stantec Australia will prepare concept designs for the upgrade’s last stages, Stages 5 and 6, to upgrade the road south of the Fryers Street intersection of Wyndham and Sobraon Streets. Any concept design will improve safety along Welsford Street, while improving road capacity and access to Victoria Park Lake via Tom Collins Drive.
“Council will undertake pre-draft consultation with stakeholders and landowners along Welsford Street to identify all issues and opportunities involved in upgrading,” said Council’s director of sustainable development, Geraldine Christou.
“Council will then conduct further draft consultation to refine the designs which will inform Council’s future work program for ultimate construction of these stages.”
Pre-construction of Stage 4 began recently, which will see the intersections at Fryers/Welsford Streets and Fryers/Marungi Streets reconfigured to improve traffic flow.
Stage 4 received funding from the Government’s Heavy Vehicle Safety and Productivity Program, which will fund 50 percent of the expected $2.89M cost of the project. Construction is expected to begin in late 2022 and should take three to four months to complete.
The Welsford Street upgrade is a key outcome of the Shepparton CBD Strategy 2008, which seeks to improve CBD access by reducing through traffic and redirecting freight and non-local traffic on to alternative routes.
“The continued upgrade of Welsford Street will greatly increase road capacity while improving safety and amenity within the Shepparton CBD,” said Mrs Christou.
Pre-draft consultation closes August 26, with details available on Council’s Shaping Greater Shepp website: greatershepparton.com.au/welsford-street-redevelopment
