Amy Gillett Rail Trail extension project to go ahead after funding secured
An extension to the Amy Gillett Rail Trail will go ahead after a funding agreement was reached.
Stage Four of the Amy Gillett Rail Trail – to extend the trail from Mount Torrens to Birdwood – will go ahead after the Adelaide Hills Council committed to build with government funding.
The State and Federal Governments will fund $2.6 million each of the $5.7 million project and council will contribute $500,000.
Named in honour of cyclist Amy Gillett who was tragically killed in 2005 during a training ride with the Australian women’s cycling team, the shared-user bikeway consists of five stages.
Stage one between Oakbank and Woodside was built by the State Government in 2010 on the abandoned rail corridor. Stage two and three continued on to Charleston and Mount Torrens and were completed by 2014.
The remainder of the planned bikeway which includes the final stage to from Birdwood to Mount Pleasant has been in limbo since then with no further funding allocated by the State Government.
Last year the State Government matched a Federal commitment and now the Adelaide Hills Council has voted to fund the remainder.
The work will add around six kilometres to the overall length of the Amy Gillett Rail Trail, from its current end at Oval Rd in Mount Torrens through to Onkaparinga Valley Rd in Birdwood.
Adelaide Hills Council Acting Mayor Nathan Daniell said the track was a much-loved asset and had a role in attracting tourism and providing economic benefit to townships in the Hills.
“Council have committed additional funds to cover the shortfall in government funding and will also undertake ongoing maintenance of the new stage so everyone, especially Birdwood residents, can enjoy the benefits,” he said.
No date has been announced for completion of the extension.
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