News Flash: Success with State Government Grant of $400,000 announced on 23rd August 2024
Planning for Stage Two, the Pre-construction phase, commenced in September 2023. It is a two year 4 month project, with a budget of $500,000. It is planned to be completed in January 2026.
Moolort Plains
The primary objective of the Pre-Construction Phase is to produce the Reference Design for the proposed trail. This Reference Design will be used as the blueprint for the detailed design and construction of the trail.
During the project, a Preliminary Reference Design will be produced to be used as an input to inform:
- Community and landowner consultation
- Cultural heritage management planning
- Ecological due diligence
Input to the Reference Design will be provided by:
- The Land manager and authorities consultation,
- the Community and landowner consultation,
- Cultural Heritage Management Plan,
- Ecological Due Diligence
- and the Land manager and authorities’ consultation
This input to the Reference Design – enabling the Preliminary Reference Design to be updated and the finial version, The Reference Design, to be produced.
Other key results and important objectives of the project are:
- The establishment of an Operating Model for the trail between CMRT and the Central Goldfields and Mt Alexander Shires
- The establishment of a Lease Agreement with VicTrack for the use of the rail corridor to construct and operate the recreational trail
- A costed approach and plan for the construction of the trail.
On the 23rd August 2024 it was announced that we have been successful in our grant application for $400,000 from the Victorian Government’s Enabling Tourism Fund. The State Government grant will be supported by contributions of $40,000 each from the Central Goldfields and Mount Alexander Shire Councils and CMRT’s locally raised funds of $20,000. The total of $500.000 is the budgeted requirement for Stage Two. it is planned to be completed it by January 2026.