Jindabyne Shared Trail

Project Type: Trail refurbishment, repair, widening, and extension

Project Location: Lake Jindabyne

Funding: NSW Government Grant

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What are we doing?

The Lake Jindabyne Shared Trail project aims to provide a 50km trail network around the southern half of the lake. The trail design will target mountain bike riders, walkers and trail runners. The project will complement existing trail experiences in our region which will encourage increased visitation and provide a valuable recreation asset for our community.

The ‘round the lake trail’ vision has been explored by Council over the last 10 years and this project is another step in achieving that vision. The southern route (this project) will provide a variety of trail experiences to a wider user group of riders and walkers. This includes a 50km circuit from the Jindabyne town centre with the options for a shorter journey from either East Jindabyne, Tyrolean or Hatchery Bay.

The Hatchery Bay trail section will link the Lake Jindabyne Shared Trails to the Thredbo Valley Track at the Gaden Trout Hatchery, while the Tyrolean to East Jindabyne section will expand the trails around the western side of the lake.

Sections

1.1 Tyrolean Village to Kunama Estate and Rainbow Drive

1.2 Cobbon Crescent to the dam wall

1.3 Jindabyne Boat Ramp to Hatchery Bay

2.1 Tyrolean Village to East Jindabyne

2.2 Tyrolean MTB Park

3.1 Hatchery Bay to Gaden Road Trout Hatchery

5.2 Banjo Patterson Park to Cobbon Crescent

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Latest Update

  • The footpath trail link between Banjo Paterson and Cobbon Crescent construction work, including new ramps and crossings, have now been completed.
  •  Construction works are nearing completion on the section of trail between Hatchery Bay and the Jindabyne Boat Ramp with works on the section of trail between Cobbon Crescent and the dam wall due to start in December 2024. On both of these sections contractors are carrying out trail renewal, repair, and upgrade works including widening of the existing trail to make the trail more suitable as a shared trail.
  • The project currently has three trail section Development Applications (DAs) that are yet to be determined. As of late-November all reports and assessments required for these three DAs have been submitted to, and assessed by, the relevant state bodies as well as Council’s planners where applicable. The Biodiversity Assessment Reports (BDARs) and Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Assessments (ACHA’s) required extensive consultation throughout the DA assessment process, which is nearing 12-months now, to ensure full compliance with regulations. The three DAs will be presented to Council for approval at the February 2025 Council Meeting.
  • We anticipate that the tender process and subsequent construction of these sections will begin in the first half of 2025 with completion of all works forecast for Q2 2026.

 

 

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