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ISSUE 1028 FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2017
Discover the Inside Story Constable Mikayla McIntosh has stepped in with some furry friends to help promote the Bendigo Blue Ribbon Branch’s annual Inside Story fundraising event. – Story Page 12
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Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN
By SHARON KEMP
ROAD travel north of Bendigo will suffer disruptions for the next two years and travellers have been urged to take extra time as the city’s biggest ever road project got under way on Napier Street this week. Simultaneously, residents and businesses affected by the $30 million upgrade delivered a 1300 signature-strong petition to the City of Greater Bendigo calling for more off-street parking in White Hills. The upgrade is the first big road
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Two years of delay on Napier St
decongestion project in the growing city and it is starting in time to prevent more serious traffic issues, according to VicRoads. Redesigning the road into a boulevard will reduce parking on the 2.7-kilometre stretch. But while VicRoads regional manager Mal Kersting conceded parking would be an issue, the new
design would still meet needs. Mr Kersting said other roads in Bendigo would also soon require an upgrade. He said traffic volume and crash studies showed McIvor Highway, Strathfieldsaye Road and the road link between Bendigo and Maiden Gully were candidates. Bendigo’s northern residential
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growth, eastern corridor growth and the unlocking of development land in Maiden Gully are responsible for the increased traffic. “What we have seen is some of the (residential) developments that have occurred have caused the congestion but equally what we would hope for and what has happened in this (upgrade of Napier Street) is
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