Tuesday,
3 June 2025
Wangaratta Chronicle
$70m rail build opened by MP King

CELEBRATION: Dignitaries including (from front left) V/Line acting executive project director Anita Gelfond, Indi MP Helen Haines, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Catherine King, Inland Rail CEO Nick MIller, McConnell Dowell operations manager Harriet Christopherson, and Rural City of Wangaratta Mayor Irene Grant were joined by others at the project opening. PHOTO: Steve Kelly

THE $70 million Inland Rail project at Wangaratta was officially opened with dignitaries marking the historic occasion on-site on Tuesday.

Planning and works have been five years in the making, and 48 Wangaratta businesses have benefited from $18m in employment during the construction phase, including 488 local people living in the Wangaratta district.

It was part of tranche one Inland Rail Beve...

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