The official opening of the Amy Gillett Pathway – Stage 4, connecting Mount Torrens to Birdwood is being held on Thursday 13 November at 10:30am where Oval Road meets the pathway in Mount Torrens.

The official opening will be hosted by Adelaide Hills Council and include the attendance of Members of Parliament, our project funding partners, the cycling community and local community groups to celebrate this important community milestone. The event will conclude with a group of Bike SA riders embarking for the inaugural ride from Mt Torrens to Birdwood! Community members are welcome to attend the launch.

Adelaide Hills Council is managing the delivery of the extension of the Amy Gillett pathway from Mount Torrens to Birdwood. The extension will provide an additional 5.2 km of shared pathway. There will be a trailhead at Oval Road, Mount Torrens, and at Birdwood, it will terminate near the junction of Bleeze Street and William Street Birdwood.

The project is a $5.7M initiative jointly funded by the Council ($500,000), Federal Government ($2,600,000), and State Government ($2,600,000).

The Council has just received its final access and funding agreements, all signed by the State Government, allowing us to commence work on the old railway corridor.

Since the Council resolved to undertake the construction in February of this year, the project team has been working in the background, completing our design for the shared path and the bridges. We have also completed our application to the Native Vegetation Council and have received approval to remove the required vegetation to facilitate the construction of the path.

There will be two new bridges over Angas Creek and William Creek. These bridges will replace those removed when the railway line was decommissioned. The other bridge is the original one over the top of Burford’s Hill, just north of Mount Torrens. This bridge requires extensive repair and rehabilitation as part of the project.