Quarry Hills Connecting Trails

  • Project typeConnecting Trails Project
  • Project scheduleExpected completion late 2024
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About the project

The Quarry Hills Connecting Trails project will allow residents and visitors to enjoy the landscape and views of the City of Whittlesea’s premier open space.

The Quarry Hills Connecting Trails project will see a series of trails built to provide connections to the parkland precinct.

Construction on the trails network will start in early-to-mid 2024 and deliver about 4.5 kilometres of walking and cycling paths through the parkland’s natural environment.

There will be five trails ranging in length from about 300 metres to more than 1.5 kilometres and have estimated walking times of between 10 and 40 minutes.

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Benefits

The trails will showcase the natural beauty of the parkland, as well as highlight its significance to the traditional owners of the land, the Wurundjeri Willum Clan.

The trails will also help break down some of the barriers preventing people from being physically active by being accessible to people of all ages.

Major milestone

On 7 June 2024, City of Whittlesea Chief Executive Officer Craig Lloyd and Member for Mill Park Lily D'Ambrosio MP officially turned the first sod on the project.

The trails project, which is on track to be finished in late 2024, will allow visitors to access new lookout points and enjoy different perspectives of the views across the city and mountain ranges.

 

Funding

The City of Whittlesea has received funding towards this project from the Victorian Government, including from its Growing Suburbs Fund grants program.

 

Related projects

The Quarry Hills Connecting Trails project is one of the three major projects – together with the Aboriginal Gathering Place and Granite Hills Major Community Park that will transform the parkland.

 

 

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Location

Gravlier Way, South Morang 3752  View Map

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