This is set to be beneficial in terms of safety outcomes.
Creating a measure such as this, a further opportunity for pedestrians to cross the busy main Shepparton arterial, is highly welcome in part due to the volume of heavy vehicles using High St.
This is in the absense of the long-awaited Shepparton bypass.
Greater Shepparton City Council has in recent years said High St has remained a challenge to address shop vacancy rates.
And heavy vehicles travelling along the key east-west city thoroughfare impacting ammenity have been cited in part as reason for this.
It is unclear how significant this link is.
And while conjecture still exists on the preferred specific route, a few things remain clear.
The long-term solution is undoubtedly to ensure as few B-doubles are using central CBD routes as possible.
In the absense of such infrastructure, volumes of heavy vehicles travelling through the city poses potential safety risks, presents reduced ammenity, and for the trucking industry, reduced productivity.
Given that a bypass becoming a reality is still a number of years away, these measures as safety precautions in the meantime are welcome.
