Goulburn Valley Highway

• 2001 - Hume Freeway to Nagambie. 16 km opened in April 2001, at a cost of $A53m. The opening ceremony was held in a new south-bound rest area and was attended by representatives of the local Taungurung Aboriginal People, who referred to the significance of the relocated 'scarred tree', which had been relocated as part of the project.[14]
• 2003 - Murchison East deviation. 18 km opened to traffic on 18 February 2003, almost eleven months early, at a cost of $A88.9m.[15]
• 2008 – 10 km Arcadia section duplication, from north of the Murchison-Violet Town Road interchange to Gribben Road, south of Shepparton. Opened in June 2008, at a cost of A$40.5m.[16]
• 2013 - Nagambie bypass. 17 km bypass opened at the end of April, 2013.[17]

The duplication was a $40.55 million project funded by the Australian Government as part of its Auslink Program. The works involved duplication of 10 km of the existing Goulburn Valley Highway between the Murchison East deviation and the proposed Shepparton Bypass, just north of Ross Road. It incorporates four at-grade intersections, frontage access roads, a rest area with full facilities, and wire rope safety barriers.

The Arcadia section runs adjacent to the Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue of Honour. A Conservation Management Plan was developed in consultation with Heritage Victoria to ensure that impact on the Avenue of Honour was minimised. The plans included measures to enhance and highlight the avenue of trees. The project was started in June 2006, open to traffic in February 2008, with final completion of all works in April 2008.

The highway carries an estimated 6,500 vehicles per day, including more than 2,000 commercial vehicles.

The Nagambie Bypass, funded as part of the Auslink 2 (2009–2014) Federal Government infrastructure program, bypasses the town of Nagambie to the east. Funding was announced in May 2009,[18] and construction commenced in December 2009. The bypass opened to traffic in April 2013.[17]

Costed at $222 million, $177.6 million was contributed by the Australian Government, with the remaining $44.4 million from the State Government.[19] The project was made up of two sections: duplicating the existing highway north of Nagambie for 3.5 km between Kirwans Bridge-Longwood Road and Moss Road (completed in November 2011), and the 13.5 km bypass road from Mitchellstown Road to Kirwans Bridge-Longwood Road.[19]

An alignment for the Shepparton bypass has been decided, connecting with the northern terminus of the existing Goulburn Valley Freeway in Arcadia, heading northwest to cross the Goulburn River at Toolamba, travel west and then north around Mooroopna, to rejoin the existing highway north of Congupna.[20]

It was proposed that the Shepparton Bypass would be funded by Auslink 2 (2009–2014);[21] the 2017/18 State Budget allocated $10.2 million over three years to undertake preparatory works and land acquisition,[22] and a consultation was held with the community for its initial stage in 2018. The current priority is Stage 1, a single carriageway with a lane in each direction extending from the Midland Highway west of Mooroopna to the Goulburn Valley Highway via an upgraded Wanganui Road in Shepparton North, a total distance of 10km; the Federal Government has also contributed $208 million, for an estimated project cost of $260 million for Stage 1.[23] The project is still under planning with a date to begin construction still to be set.

A realignment will bypass the small townships of Strathmerton and Yarroweyah and avoid dangerous bends south of the Murray River crossing at Tocumwal. The proposed new route will cross the Murray Valley Highway instead of follow it through those towns, and rejoin the current route just south of the Murray River.[24]

The proposed Strathmerton Deviation was also to be funded by Auslink 2 (2009–2014)[25] but had also not been constructed by the beginning of 2017.