Further enhancement to Kerang CBD

Published on 18 June 2020

Gannawarra Shire Council is excited to announce that Stage 2 of the Kerang CBD Redevelopment will proceed in 2020/2021 after the project received Federal Government support.

Council will allocate $1.317 million received from the government’s $500 million Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program, developed to support local jobs and the resilience of local economies to help communities bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic, for the project.

“Kerang residents and visitors to the town have benefited from previous improvements to the town’s CBD in the past decade, and Council looks forward to building upon these efforts,” Council Chief Executive Officer, Tom O’Reilly said.

Inspired by the work undertaken during the development of the Kerang CBD Master Plan in 2013, Stage 2 of the Kerang CBD Redevelopment will include streetscape works along Scoresby Street and upgrade street furniture and pavements along Victoria Street.

The project will provide a link between the award-winning Victoria Square precinct, opened in 2018, and the Kerang Open Space Precinct, completed last year.

“One of the outcomes of the Kerang CBD Master Plan was to develop projects that linked Kerang’s five major precincts – the railway station, the open space precinct, Victoria Square, the Fitzroy Street shopping strip and the area covered by the Kerang Memorial Hall, Kerang Swimming Pool and Sir John Gorton Library,” Mr O’Reilly said.

“Stage 2 of the Kerang CBD Upgrade will provide a link for pedestrians accessing this area, as well as develop new ways residents and visitors can interact within the town.

“Council is committed to working with the community to deliver this exciting project, with a comprehensive community consultation process to begin later this year.”