Summerleas underpass gets underway
Kingborough Council is set to start work on a new underpass at Summerleas Road for the Whitewater Creek Path from Friday 7 June, lasting 10 weeks.
The path will be closed during the works and the road will be closed between Whitewater Crescent and Queens Parade.
There are detours in place for path users via Whitewater Crescent and on the other side of Summerleas Road through fenced-off land.
More info at www.kingborough.tas.gov.au/development/transform-kingston/summerleas-road-underpass
Kingborough creates link to new path
Kingborough Council has started building a new sealed path to link Channel Highway to the Whitewater Creek path, providing bike riders with a bypass of the town centre.
The works will take six to seven weeks and when finished it will mean riders can avoid the Huon and Channel highways intersection to access the path straight off the Channel Highway.
The council finished an underpass under Huon Highway in late 2022 and is due to finish an underpass at Summerleas Road in late August this year, eliminating all road crossings on the path between Huntingfield and Kingston.
Coastal Pathway gets bike pump & tools
Central Coast Council has installed a bicycle pump and tools at Ulverstone's Fairway Park.
The pump is next to the Coastal Pathway and there is a QR code on the stand, which has details about the tools and how to use them.
There's also an instructional video created by our volunteers at the Devonport tool station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N-sXgq1ZRg
Rail trail grants now open
Rail Trails Australia is offering grants of up to $3000 for rail trail community group projects.
Projects are eligible if they develop and promote a rail trail, increase the use of the trail, improve the trail, or help explain the environmental, cultural and historic values of a trail.
Applications are due by 28 June and more information is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uvz46cXkam7ro2bMYZoWxljU7Ol3nFix/vie
Hobart offering youthful zero transport grants
The City of Hobart is offering grants to young people of up to $7500 for projects that address the climate crisis.
Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the grants are on offer to people aged 15–24 years for projects that align with one of the council’s three climate priorities, including “zero emissions transport and communities”.
Applications are due by 19 June and projects must be delivered between 1 August and 31 December this year.