The conversion of a former water channel to a shared trail has created an active transport link through Bacchus Marsh and surrounding suburbs.
The channel once distributed irrigation water through the region, but with more efficient pipelines taking over the task, the opportunity emerged for an active corridor from Darley in the north to Maddingley in the south.
Interestingly, the trail connects to the Lerderderg River in the north, and, when the final stage is built, the Werribee River in the south.
The trail will be much appreciated by the community as it links the two halves of the city, cleaved in two by the broad swathe of the Western Freeway.
And it will enable active travel to the railway station in a region that increasingly houses Melbourne workers.
The 4.5km trail mostly utilises the former irrigation channel corridor but also runs beside local streets in several locations.
Four stages are completed with the final stage as yet unfunded.
To date funding has come from the federal and state governments. Southern Rural Water and Moorabool Shire Council are managing the project.
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