Let's Grow! Numurkah, Katunga and Strathmerton Corridor Plan

The Numurkah, Katunga, and Strathmerton Growth Corridor is one of Victoria's leading agricultural areas, and it's ready to grow!

The Corridor:

  • Supplies state, national and international households with high quality food, mainly fruit, vegetables and dairy produce.
  • Situated in a transport sweet spot, enabling the Corridor's produce to reach markets across Australia's eastern seaboard within a 24-hour road trip.

Moira Shire has developed a draft Growth Corridor Plan for the Numurkah, Katunga, and Strathmerton Corridor that aims to support expansion of key industries, grow the Corridor's housing, facilitate local job growth and attract investment.

This plan is a proactive step to ensure the Corridor continues to thrive, economically, socially, and environmentally.

Review of the draft Numurkah, Katunga, Strathmerton, Growth Corridor is now available until Wednesday 29 October.

What is a 'Growth Corridor'

How You Can Engage

Read the draft document, its vision, pland and actions, and complete the survey below to share your feedback.

The survey will be open from Wednesday 17 September until Wednesday 29 October.

Want to discuss the plan and your thoughts in person, meet with Council Staff at a pop-up engagement session.

Strathmerton
Monday 13 October
10am - 12pm
Outside the MailBox Cafe

Katunga
Monday 13 October
2pm - 4pm
Outside the General Store

Numurkah
Tuesday 14 October
10am - 12pm
Numurkah Town Hall Supper Room

From Monday 30 September to Monday 11 November, the community was invited to share their ideas on the future of the Numurkah, Katunga, and Strathmerton Growth Corridor though our online vision board.


Community Drop-In Sessions
On Monday 28 October, Moira Shire council engaged directly with residents by hosting drop-in sessions in Numurkah, Katunga, and Strathmerton. These sessions provided an opportunity for community members to discuss their vision and provide valuable feedback on the Growth Corridor Plan.

The engagement was supported by the Let’s Grow Discussion Paper which canvassed land development and infrastructure initiatives to promote the Corridor as an affordable, liveable, and business growth destination.

Key Priorities

  • Numurkah

    • Enable housing growth by resolving drainage and stormwater issues with stakeholders.
    • Support industrial expansion through updated planning and promotion of large-format retail.
    • Advocate for Lake Numurkah upgrades via a master plan and amenity improvements.
    • Encourage dedicated worker housing near the township.
    • Position Numurkah as the Corridor’s key commercial and service hub in planning policy.

  • Katunga

    • Support housing growth by addressing sewerage constraints with landholders, employers, and agencies.
    • Align worker housing with horticultural industry expansion.
    • Advocate for better pedestrian links between horticulture sites and the township.
    • Update planning scheme to reflect Katunga’s growth and infrastructure needs.

  • Strathmerton

    • Respond to the closure of Bega, by supporting renewal of the facility and promoting Strathmerton as a place to do business.
    • Support industrial and retail growth to meet demand.
    • Advocate for civic upgrades and placemaking to improve township amenity.
    • Encourage worker housing in and around the township.
    • Recognise Strathmerton as a logistics and food production centre in planning policy.

What brings us together

Feedback

Council is collecting the information contained in this engagement tool to help Council understand the community's views on the draft Growth Corridor Strategy.

Your responses will reviewed by Council staff as part of reviewing the draft policy. Your responses (excluding any identifying information and any moderated comments) may also be made publicly available on Council’s community engagement platform, Moira Matters and may also be included in on official Council Agenda and Minutes which are public documents and available on Council's website. Council may also disclose your information if required or authorised to do so by legislation.

You can find out more about how we use and protect your information by viewing our Privacy Policy. If you require access to the information you have provided, please contact Council.

Discussion Paper

What you saw from us in 2024.

The settlements and agricultural areas of Numurkah, Katunga and Strathmerton form a unique growth corridor.

Your ideas on the growth corridor

Numurkah, Katunga and Strathmerton

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    Stage 1 - Discussion Paper Development

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    Stage 2 - Community Engagement Discussion Paper

    October - November 2024

  • Timeline item 3 - complete

    Stage 3 - Draft Corridor Plan

  • Timeline item 4 - active

    Stage 4 - Draft Corridor Plan Community Engagement

    Wednesday 17 September - Wednesday 29 October.

  • Timeline item 5 - incomplete

    Stage 5 - Final Corridor Plan

    INSERT DATE

Contact Us

Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact Planning at Moira Shire Council below:

Contact Information
Name Moira Shire Council
Phone (03) 5871 9222
Email info@moira.vic.gov.au