Kingborough Council
Kingborough Bicycle Advisory Committee (KBAC) meets bi-monthly at the council offices in Kingston. It is made up of local residents, a council officer and an elected councillor. KBAC discusses improvements needed to the bike network, proposed infrastructure projects and activities to promote cycling.
The Kingborough Cycling Strategy identifies priorities for the development of a cycling network across Kingborough
Projects
The Channel Highway between Taroona and Kettering is an important cycling route that is being tackled in sections to improve amenity and safety for road riders.
Whitewater Creek Trail
The Whitewater Creek Trail is a major connector between the Kingston Town Centre, new subdivisions and the sports precinct.
The Channel Trail concept extends for 2okm from Kingston to Kettering. It has significant tourism potential and is a flagship project in the cycling strategy.
Other projects
Feb 2020. Kingborough Council installed a new crossing over the Coffee Creek by the Algona Road underpass. The short section of concrete pathway gives residents who live at the end of Redwood Road access to the pathway network, providing connections to schools at Huntingfield and the Whitewater Creek Track to Kingston shops.
Oct 2012. Cycling South was successful in obtaining a $10,000 Cycling for Active Transport Grant to complete a missing section of the Coffee Creek Track between the new Algona Rd underpass and Patriarch Drive in Huntingfield. Kingborough Council provided matching funding and work will be completed this financial year.
July 2011. DIER has constructed an underpass beneath Algona Rd which will allow for the future development of the Coffee Creek Track which has the potential to create a link between Margate and Kingston. Kingborough Council owns land along the creek south of Algona Rd which opens up possibilities. The underpass allows for an important safe link between residential area of Kingston and the two schools in Huntingfield.
A shared path alongside Algona Road between the Huntingfield Park & Ride and Roslyn Ave has been identified as a priority by the Kingborough Bicycle Advisory Committee. A feasibility study and concept design will be done in the 2024/25 financial year.
Summerleas to Firthside Path
April 2024. A section of the local link has been concreted to provide an all-weather surface.
Summerleas Road Path
Aug 2024. Work will commence shortly on a missing section of path in front of KFC and McDonalds between Mertonvale Circuit and the underpass at the roundabout on Summerleas Road.
July 2011. As part of the Kingston bypass project the Summerleas Path has been reinstated by DIER between Westside Circle and the new off-ramp from the bypass, although it is a tight squeeze on the overpass bridge where the path is minimum width for a multi-user pathway.
The path needs to be connected to the underpass at the Summerleas Rd roundabout which will require a short section of footpath widening near KFC.
A connection to the sports precinct and Kingston High School will require the path to be extended to Gormley Drive (it currently ends a short distance south of Gormley Drive) and along Gormley Drive to the southern side of the site.
Improvements are also required in the underpass. A fence in the Summerleas Rd roundabout underpass needs replacing with a painted centre line as it creates a hazard for people using the underpass (although the first section of fence could be retained at the western side at the 90 degree corner which is a potential conflict point).
April 2023. Kingborough Council opened a new asphalt pump track located at Kingborough’s Mountain Bike Park on Kingston View Drive.
The asphalt surface will allow riders to have fun on the pump track no matter what the weather and will be easier to maintain and last longer.
To cope with the increase in traffic to the area, Council has invested in upgrading the carpark to increase capacity, have installed a shelter and seating and will be putting a toilet facility into the area.
A beginners pump track was also opened at Kingston Park open space area.
Feb 2010. Modelled on a popular bicycle track at New Norfolk, Dru Point has a concrete track with a number of traffic signs, line markings, a miniature roundabout and an intersection with a working set of traffic lights. The track provides a fun environment where children can familiarise themselves with the types of signs and traffic controls they will encounter in the real world.