East: Anniversary Outer Circle Trail
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This popular trail in Boroondara provides a north-south link through the municipality. It connects to the Main Yarra Trail (Mel Ref 45 E2) in the north, and the Gardiners Creek Trail (69 B2) in the south.
No new bridge at Solway Street
Jun 07 The exisiting bridge has now been repaired and is open to path users.
We would like to express our disappointment at this outcome. The bridge is an important connection between the Gardiners Creek Trail and the Anniversary Trail yet it the current bridge is very narrow and a hazard for all users.
The bridge was closed for 14 months and unfortunately Stonnington Council then decided to reuse the existing narrow bridge decking rather than build a new bridge.
Please show your support for a new bridge by emailing the City of Stonnington. We need to get as many path users as possible to email the council to ensure they're aware of the number of people that use the bridge.
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May 07 Unfortunately the City of
This is very disappointing and concerning because the existing bridge is very narrow, well below engineering standards and is obviously a danger to users.
It is so narrow that bike riders travelling in opposite directions cannot pass each other with ease and it definitely does not provide enough space for the many dog walkers, walkers with prams and people making their way to
We have expressed our frustration to council and will continue to try for a better bridge for this important link between the Gardiners Creek Trail and the Anniversary Trail.
Oct 06 Unfortunately the process of building a new bridge (Melway 69 B1) has taken longer than originally anticipated. It is expected that the new bridge will be available for use in mid February next year.
The interim alternate crossing of the creek, downstream of the
April 06 The Solway Street Pedestrian Bridge (Melway 69 B1) has been assessed as potentially unsafe following erosion of the northern-creek embankment during recent storms.
Both Boroondara and Stonnington Councils have been planning to replace this pedestrian bridge and have allocated funding for a new bridge to be built 10m upstream of the existing bridge. Unfortunately, the current bridge has deteriorated at a rapid rate. Work on the new bridge is expected to commence and finish in the second half of 2006.
An interim alternate crossing of the creek is available downstream of the Solway Street pedestrian bridge and can be accessed from Winton Road.
Boroondara and Stonnington Councils apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Whitehorse Rd crossing, Deepdene
2004 After many years of lobbying by the local community, pedestrian signals were installed at Whitehorse Rd in Deepdene (picutred right). This was a dangerous crossing point on the Anniversary-Outer Circle Trail.
Now students attending Deepdene Primary School and Camberwell Grammar School, which are on the trail, can safely use the trail to get to school.
Trail audit
In 2003 Bicycle Victoria and Boroondara BUG were involved in a trail audit of the Anniversary-Outer Circle Trail.
Our recommendations included:
- Removing bollards from the centre of the path
- Marking a broken centre line along the length of the trail to assist with navigation
- Partially removing cicanes at road crossings on the southern section of the trail
- Investigate installing a pedestrian/cycling bridge parallel to the rail bridge at Toorak Rd
- Improve the trail alignment at Ashburton station
- Investigate improving the road crossing at High St, Ashburton
- Realigning connection through Hyde Park to the underpass on the Main Yarra Trail (Melway map 45 E2).