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Green Route confirmed

By Yarrawonga Chronicle

Jul 13, 2022

The green route for the Yarrawonga Mulwala Traffic bridge has tonight been confirmed as the preferred route by the NSW Government.

The NSW government has today confirmed that the green route is the preferred option for the Yarrawonga Mulwala Traffic bridge.

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Member for Albury Justin Clancy announced the news via Facebook on Wednesday night following extensive community consultation.

After a visit to Mulwala less than two weeks ago, Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said the preference for the border crossing between Mulwala and Yarrawonga was based on findings of the community feedback summary report released in December 2021.

Yarrawonga Green Route committee member John Lawless, NSW Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway, Federation Council Mayor Pat Bourke, local Member for Albury Justin Clancy and Mulwala Progress Association President Robert Purtle in front of the 1924 built bridge recently.

“The green route remains the community’s preference and we fully support their decision.” Mr Farraway said.

“The NSW and Victorian Governments have been investigating opportunities to improve 32 Murray River Crossings to understand the issues and challenges experienced by travelers and freight companies, then progress to identify a scope of work and investment strategy into the projects.

“I’ll also be discussing with the Federal Government on how we can work with them to strengthen access along the Murray River.

“Our supply chain network has been strengthened from the Queensland border down to the Victorian border through our upgrades to the Newell Highway, Pacific Highway and Princes Highway, now we want to make access easier into and out of our state.”

To view the consultation summary report, visit nswroads.work/mulwalabridge.

More information in next week’s Yarrawonga Chronicle.