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New Trails/Pathways (38%) – A significant portion of respondents expressed a desire for new walking and cycling trails to be developed.
Paths and trails are essential components of the municipality’s open spaces, streetscapes, and road network. These linear movement corridors connect places and people, and they benefit the community by encouraging active lifestyles and outdoor exercise, promoting sustainable modes of transport, providing tourism outcomes and stimulating local businesses.
Yarra Ranges Council aims to establish and maintain a high-quality network of paths and trails that are used by residents and visitors to the municipality. The network will assist people to get from A to B within their neighbourhood, provide opportunities for recreation and engage relaxation and encourage people to reconnect with nature.
During the community engagement in July-August 2024 we asked for feedback on missing links to our path and trail network. We received 145 community requests including:
Follow this page to stay up to date as we continue to review and finalise the plan.
Once you've read the Draft plan, please let us know what you think via the questions below.
Our goal is to create a connected path and trail system to allow residents and visitors to see all regions of the Yarra Ranges. We have heard from community that there are a number of missing links or trails that need to be upgraded in our network. These requests were then evaluated against our project prioritisation criteria and have been collated in the below list/map.
Thank you to everyone who contributed suggestions for missing path links, etc.
Our team are working through the responses, and updating the draft plan, ahead of its release early 2025.
New Trails/Pathways (38%) – A significant portion of respondents expressed a desire for new walking and cycling trails to be developed.
Trail Connections (26%) – Many participants highlighted the need to connect existing trail sections, enhancing overall accessibility and network continuity.
Safety Concerns (17%) – Safety was a recurring theme, with issues raised about pedestrian crossings, pedestrian lights, narrow pathways, and visibility (sightlines) along trails and roads.
Surface and Maintenance (17%) – Feedback included concerns regarding the condition of pathways, trail surfaces (sealed vs. unsealed), drainage, vegetation management, and the need for regular cleaning and repairs to damaged sections.
Timeline item 1 - complete
Paths and Trails Plan commenced
2019
Timeline item 2 - complete
Community Consultation
2020
Timeline item 3 - complete
Project on hold due to COVID19
2020- 2022
Timeline item 4 - complete
Evaluation of trail requests
2023
Timeline item 5 - complete
Development of draft plan
Early 2024
Timeline item 6 - complete
Community engagement
July 2024
Timeline item 7 - complete
Consider feedback to review draft
Early 2025
Timeline item 8 - active
Consultation for revised draft
25 June to 8 August 2025
Timeline item 9 - incomplete
Finalisation of plan
Mid- late 2025
Timeline item 10 - incomplete
Plan adoption
Late 2025
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
Name | Recreation, Parks & Facilities team |
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Phone | 1300 368 333 |
recreation@yarraranges.vic.gov.au | |
In writing | PO Box 105, Lilydale Vic 3140 |
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Yarra Ranges Council acknowledges the Wurundjeri and other Kulin Nation peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of these lands and waterways. We pay our respects to all Elders, past, present, and emerging, who have been, and always will be, integral to the story of our region. We proudly share custodianship to care for Country together.