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ISSUES & OPPORTUNITIES<br />
CONNECTING THE SHARED TRAIL FROM<br />
BARNES ROAD TO CHERRY LAKE<br />
The trail connection between Barnes Road and Cherry Lake is the most difficult and<br />
expensive section of the shared trail in Hobsons Bay as it has several formidable, but<br />
not impossible, obstacles.<br />
Stage 4 (Barnes Road to Kororoit Creek Road):<br />
This section houses the two biggest issues impacting the completion of this section of<br />
trail - the need to tunnel underneath the Geelong/Melbourne railway line, and to pass<br />
under or over the oil pipelines.<br />
Proposed tunnel beneath the<br />
Melbourne-Geelong Railway line<br />
These challenges need to be resolved at the highest level of expertise, as the integrity<br />
of the trail connection has both Federal and State Government economic implications,<br />
not to mention local ones. The works will be technically-difficult and expensive, and will<br />
need to be closely-monitored to ensure the safety and integrity of the railway during<br />
construction. This can only be carried out by the relevant authorities, in co-operation<br />
with each other.<br />
While investigating the final trail construction in this area, due consideration must really<br />
be given to resolving the on-going issue of the Creek’s restricted water flow into Port<br />
Phillip Bay, caused by an unworkable, narrow opening below the VicTrack rail bridge,<br />
east of the proposed tunnelling works. This matter, which continues to cause problems<br />
upstream and prevents the continuation of the shared walking/cycling path, could easily<br />
be remedied as part of these works.<br />
Restricted VicTrack rail bridge opening<br />
Stage 4 – Barnes Road<br />
to Kororoit Creek Road<br />
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