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Aerodrome to be closed for maintenance

Greater Shepparton City Council will be undertaking these improvements in two stages; stage one involves the re-grading of the runway strip and stage two involves the re-grading of the southern taxiway strip.

“The Aerodrome will remain available for emergency purposes with an Aerodrome Reporting Officer on-site during all works in this stage.” Council’s Director Infrastructure Steve Bowmaker said.

Dates for stage one currently include: 30 and 31 March, 13 and 14 April, 20 and 21 April, 27 and 28 April, 4 and 5 May.

“Works are intended to be undertaken on a number of successive Mondays and Tuesdays in order to minimise inconvenience in aerodrome operations,” Mr Bowmaker said.

The Aerodrome will be closed between 7:00am and 6:00pm each day and will re-open upon the successful completion of work each day.

Re-grading of the southern taxiway strip will occur on the corresponding Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to match stage one works. Runway 09/27 will be closed in conjunction with the southern taxiway strip.

The rest of the Aerodrome will remain open during this time.

Dates for stage two include: 1, 2 and 3 April and 15, 16 and 17 April.

Maintenance dates may change as these works are conditional on the weather.

A stage three works on the northern taxiways will commence after the completion of the previous works.

Greater Shepparton City Council appreciates that the temporary closure of the aerodrome is an inconvenience and will endeavour to complete the maintenance works as quickly as possible.