Main Yarra Trail
The Main Yarra Trail is one of Melbourne’s most popular walking and cycling routes.
Partial closure of the Main Yarra Trail in May and June 2012
The section of the Main Yarra Trail between Dights Falls and the Collingwood Children's Farm will be closed until late June while the path is upgraded.
Works will be carried out to improve the path between Turner Street and Johnston Street in Abbotsford.
During this time, pedestrians and cyclists will need to use the detour along Trenerry Crescent from Dights Falls to St Heliers Street.
Council apologises for any inconvenience.
Reconstruction works include:
- a new three metre wide concrete path
- path edge improvements using concrete beams and piles
- line marking
- new path signage
- new barrier fencing near the Johnston Street Bridge.
These works are part of Council's ongoing commitment to maintain and improve the Main Yarra Trail, one of Melbourne's key cycling and pedestrian routes.
For further information, please contact Mark Donnellan, Capital Works Officer, on 9205 5724 or at Mark.Donnellan@yarracity.vic.gov.au
In November 2009, work began on a two-year, $1 million-plus upgrade of the trail funded by Council and the Federal Government.
Completed works:
- Path reconstruction works from Bridge Road to Victoria Street were completed in October 2010.
- Minor works, such as line-marking, signage and fencing completed.
- Walmer Street Bridge - the bridge that connects Abbotsford (near Victoria Gardens) to Studley Park - was re-opened in October 2010 after undergoing urgent repairs.
- In November 2011, an 80 metre retaining wall was built to stabilise the embankment associated with a resdiential development on Trenerry Crescent, between Dights Falls and Turner Street in Abbotsford. This work also added 30cm of width to the path.
Other scheduled works:
Dights Falls Weir and Fishway Project
Sections of the Main Yarra Trail will be temporarily interrupted until mid-2012 while Melbourne Water replaces the aging Dights Falls Weir and builds a new fishway in the Yarra River.
While this work is carried out access to parts of Dights Falls and sections of the car park off Trenerry Crescent will be restricted.
For more information call Melbourne Water’s Dights Falls Project Hotline on 1800 673 151 or click here
Further information
Mark Donnellan
Capital Works Officer - Open Space
9205 5724
mark.donnellan@yarracity.vic.gov.au
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