The best bypass to protect pedestrians, and not negatively affect local businesses would have been rail freight.
The wahgunyah line was pretty cool. I wish I’d had a chance to go on the stringybark before it was axed
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It is one of the most popular destinations on the Victorian wine trail, but Rutherglen’s idyllic main street also doubles as a busy highway that hundreds of trucks pass along each day.
Rutherglen’s CBD consists of one long shopping strip, Main Street, which forms part of the Murray Valley Highway.
For decades, locals have been calling for a heavy vehicle bypass to improve safety in the town and last month, their worst fears were realised.
On March 15, Rutherglen’s Herb Ellerbock and his wife had just parked their car near the front of a wine bar on Main Street before stepping inside.
The incident occurred just after 9am on Thursday, March 28, when a 77-year-old Rutherglen woman was struck by a Ford SUV near the intersection of Main Street and Warrens Lane.
Grahame Hastie has bought his antique shop on Victoria Street, which once doubled as the South Gippsland Highway, months after the Loch bypass was built.
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