Marungi Street Urban Drainage Project
The Marungi Street Urban Drainage replacement works have now been completed between Knight Street and Nixon Street, Shepparton.
This project is now complete.
These works included the removal of the legacy brick drain and installation of new concrete pipes and pits. Works commenced from the intersection of Marungi and Nixon Streets continuing along the northbound lane of Marungi Street, between Nixon and Knight Streets.
This project has improved drainage flow during future rain events and stabilise the road infrastructure.
Timeline
Construction commenced Thursday, 30 October 2025. The works will be carried out in seven stages. Stages 1 through 6 have now been completed.
All dates are subject to weather conditions, and some are still to be confirmed. Please check back regularly for the latest updates.
- STAGE 1: 30 October to 18 December 2025 Eastbound and southbound closures.
- BREAK: 19 December 2025 to 12 January 2026 Contractor closure over Christmas / New Year break.
- STAGE 2: 12 January 2026 to mid-January 2026Eastbound from Marungi Street into Nixon Street closed.
- STAGE 3: 20 January 2026 to end-March 2026Marungi Street northbound closed.
- STAGE 4: March 2026Marungi Street northbound closed.
- STAGE 5: April 2026Stormwater connections from central parking to east side Marungi Street.
- STAGE 6: mid-to-late-April 2026Reinstatement works including asphalting, line marking and general tidy up. The northbound lane on Marungi Street will remain closed to vehicles during these works. Southbound traffic will remain open under traffic management.
- STAGE 7: from Tuesday 9 June 2026Final works including decommissioning of redundant stormwater infrastructure near the roundabout and adjacent asphalt surface works in Nixon Street.
Background
Existing drainage infrastructure
The Marungi Street (Nixon Street to Knight Street) Shepparton drainage catchment area is approximately 41,300m2. The Marungi Street 750mm wide brick trunk drain was originally a sewer and later transformed to stormwater. Historical plans indicate the system may have been constructed back in 1911.
Failures of existing drainage infrastructure
From the flood event in October 2022, the existing Marungi Street brick trunk drain collapsed in a few areas resulting in sink holes in the road pavement. Emergency repairs were undertaken locally at these collapsed sections of the brick drain.
Based upon underground CCTV inspection findings, it was determined that the following is required:
- Removal of the entire existing brick drain and existing concrete pipelines to prevent inevitable future drain collapses.
- Installation of a new concrete pit and drainage pipeline to be installed to replace the brick drain, following the alignment of existing brick drain and sized to service the current drainage catchment.
For further information
Please contact Council's Project Delivery Team on (03) 5832 9700 or email projects@shepparton.vic.gov.au.