As Greater Shepparton grows so does the traffic. Our city is growing along a north-south corridor. As our population expands so does our need for safer and better transport routes and other infrastructure.

Council, in collaboration with state and federal governments, is working on a number of intersection and road upgrades to reduce travel time, make roads safer, provide safer cycling routes and to ease congestion in and around Shepparton, in particular.

One of the major travel corridors north-south is Welsford Street, which is unable to cope with the increase in traffic without major infrastructure investment.

Council has been working on a staged approach to upgrade the road as funding becomes available. To date Council has completed three stages of a six stage project.  

We are currently in Stage 4 of six stages of work to remove heavy vehicle traffic from Wyndham Street and improve the amenity of the retail and hospitality precinct.

• Stages 1 to 4 are now complete, and involved upgrading Welsford Street between Knight Street and south of Nixon Street, including the duplication of the road to two lanes in each direction and the signalisation of the intersection of Welsford Street and Nixon Street and upgrade of Fryers Street from High to Welsford Street.
• Stage 5 and 6 are currently being planned, seeking to upgrade Welsford Street from north of High Street to the Wyndham Street (Goulburn Valley Highway) and Sobraon Street intersection. Council completed pre-draft  and post-draft consultation in mid-2022 and mid-2023 to inform the design of Stages 5 and 6.

Council has created this webpage to provide project updates. It will regularly be updated as the project progresses. You can also sign-up for email updates by “subscribing to updates” on the right-hand side of this page. Updates will also be available on Council’s Facebook page.