Zeerust Rd THE GOULBURN VALLEY HIGHWAY GOULBURN VALLEY HWY VALLEY GOULBURN Congupna West Rd SHEPPARTON Barmah Rd BYPASS CONGUPNA Daldy Rd Knights Rd Northy Rd Echuca-Mooroopna Rd Background Grahamvale Rd Wanganui Rd Rd Verney Ford Rd Construction of the Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton Bypass is the next logical step Stage 1 Cemetery Rd in providing a fully duplicated highway from Rd Turnbull Shepparton to Melbourne. Cornish Rd New Dookie Rd The full 36km four lane Shepparton Bypass is SHEPPARTON estimated to cost just over $1.3 billion. In order Old Dookie Rd Mac Issac Rd to make the investment affordable, Greater MIDLAND HWY Shepparton City Council approved a fiveARDMONA stage Bypass proposal at its Ordinary Council Meeting MOOROOPNA in May 2016. The current priority is Stage Poplar Ave 1 – Midland Highway to the Goulburn Valley MIDLAND HWY Highway in north Shepparton – a total distance Rd Doyles Channel Rd of 10.05kms. Simson Rd Broken River Benefits Pyke Rd Two reports were commissioned to determine the economic benefits of the construction of Stage 1 of the Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton Bypass. Archer Rd Rd Archer River Rd The reports concluded the following economicFerguson benefits Rd will be generated by the construction of Stage 1: • Increase in national and regional economic output by $590 million during the construction Rd Rafftery phase. • Creation of 3,170 additional regional and national jobs during the construction phase. Mitchell Rd Waugh Rd • Revitalisation of the Shepparton CBD and leveraged investment such as an estimated 225 new ongoing CBD KIALLA jobs created and a further 180 jobs supported indirectly in the regional economy. WEST Pogue Rd • Deliver much needed road safety benefits by removing freight and through traffic from the CBD. McKernan Rd Mooroopna-Murchison Rd • Road User Cost Benefit Ratio of 0.37 over 25 years. Rushworth Rd Next steps Sevens Creek Archer Rd Sth Rd Archer TOOLAMBA HWY VALLEY GOULBURN The 2017/18 State Budget allocates $10.2 millionBitcon over Rd three years to undertake preparatory works, land acquisitionUnion Rd and the upgrade of the Ford Road, Goulburn Valley Highway and Wanganui RoadBridge intersection, Rd which is a very welcome investment. OLD TOOLAMBA Gribben Rd The total projected cost of Stage 1 is estimated to be $260 million, including all preparatory works, land acquisition and construction costs. Council and its partners, including the Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton Bypass Action Group and the Committee for Greater Shepparton, will actively pursue a commitment to deliver the Shepparton Bypass Stage 1 in its entirety in lead up to the 2018 State Government election.Ross Rd Karramomus Rd Doyles Rd Goulburn Valley Highway Shepparton Bypass Goulburn River Action Group Arcadia Rd ARCADIA Summer Rd Zeerust Rd GOULBURN VALLEY HWY VALLEY GOULBURN Congupna West Rd Barmah Rd CONGUPNA Daldy Rd Knights Rd Northy Rd Echuca-Mooroopna Rd Grahamvale Rd Wanganui Rd Rd Verney Ford Rd Stage 1 Cemetery Rd Turnbull Rd Turnbull Cornish Rd New Dookie Rd SHEPPARTON Old Dookie Rd Mac Issac Rd MIDLAND HWY ARDMONA MOOROOPNA Poplar Ave MIDLAND HWY Doyles Rd Rd Doyles Channel Rd Simson Rd Broken River Pyke Rd Archer Rd Rd Archer River Rd Ferguson Rd Rafftery Rd Rd Rafftery Mitchell Rd Waugh Rd KIALLA WEST Pogue Rd McKernan Rd Mooroopna-Murchison Rd Rushworth Rd Sevens Creek Archer Rd Sth Rd Archer TOOLAMBA HWY VALLEY GOULBURN Bitcon Rd Union Rd Bridge Rd OLD TOOLAMBA Gribben Rd Ross Rd Karramomus Rd Doyles Rd Goulburn River Arcadia Rd ARCADIA Summer Rd.