Loddon Mallee

Northern Highway (Heygarth Street) and Hare Street, Echuca intersection safety improvements

We’re delivering safety improvements at the intersection of the Northern Highway (Heygarth Street) and Hare Street in Echuca as part of the Australian Government Black Spot Program.

Project status:

Underway

We’re installing raised safety platforms (wombat crossings) on each side of Hare Street to help slow drivers, make pedestrians easier to see and give people a safe place to cross.

To improve safety, we will also be making a change to prevent vehicles from turning right out of Hare Street onto the Northern Highway. Road users will still be able to make a left turn from Hare Street onto the Northern Highway (Heygarth Street).

Improved lighting has also been installed as part of this project to improve visibility at the intersection.

Car parking changes

We have designed this project to minimise impacts to car parking. To accommodate the new raised safety platform one parking space will be removed on the southern side of Hare Street.

Image of map showing the Heygarth and Hare Streets Echuca intersection upgrades

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Traffic impacts during construction

Works will begin in November 2026 and will take approximately six weeks to complete, weather permitting.

To complete these works as safely and quickly as possible, Hare Street will be closed at the intersection of the Northern Highway (Heygarth Street) for four weeks from 18 November 2026.

Access to Hare Street and the business precinct will remain open from Radcliffe Street in the north and Anstruther Street in the south.

The Northern Highway (Heygarth Street) will remain open to all traffic for the duration of works.

Please note the dates and times of the road closures are subject to change.

Car parking impacts during construction

During construction there will be impacts to car parking on Hare Street to allow drivers to perform a u-turn at the intersection and to allow machinery to operate safely.

These car parks will be reopened once the works are finished.