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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
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INSIDE: ■ Council Elections | page 16 ■ SEN - Shepparton’s Home of Sport | page 23 ■ Classifieds | pages 19, 20 + 21 ■ Trades & Services | page 21
Road management plan falls short By Aaron Cordy NAGAMBIE residents, like the rest of the Goulburn Valley, are fed up playing pothole chicken on dodgy roads that ever-increasing taxes and rates supposedly pay for. Concerned local, Ken Platt, was so tired of the potholes on Vickers Road Nagambie which leads into the Heathcote-Nagambie Road, that he took it into his own hands to take some photos and send them off to VicRoads to see if he could get the road fixed. Continued Page 12
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Rebounded off the backboard
Council endorses $33M stage 1 for Shepparton Sports & Events Centre STAGE ONE... Greater Shepparton City Council has endorsed a new staged approach for the Shepparton Sports & Events Centre upgrade, at the latest Council Meeting. The feasibility of secure government funding and the need to create a financially responsible project, Council has agreed that a staged approach is the most suitable option. Pictured outside the tired Sports Stadium on Numurkah Road, Mayor Shane Sali. Photo: Supplied
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By Aaron Cordy AFTER the original plans needed to be put aside due to a lack of funding, Greater Shepparton City Council has endorsed a new staged approach for the Shepparton Sports & Events Centre upgrade, at the latest Council Meeting on Tuesday, August 27. Following previous design work completed
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in 2021, the stadium redevelopment construction was initially estimated at $60M. Due to the current political climate, the feasibility of secure government funding and the need to create a financially responsible project, Council has agreed that a staged approach is the most suitable option. While the upgrade promises to make local
sporting competitions a lot easier to manage for teams young and old, it will be the bigger picture opportunities the upgrade brings that will benefit the greater community. The ability to host not only bigger sporting events but also community events and the possibility of concerts will be a huge boost for the local Continued Page 13 economy.
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