Look what’s happening on Mt Coot-tha
There are major changes coming to carparking at the Mt Coot-tha summit, and a new walking trail.
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Council’s $14.8 million, four-year upgrade at Mt Coot-tha is about to ramp up, with a new walking track and major changes to carparking.
After recently reopening the popular Summit Track, which was sealed and had better steps and taps added, Council is now constructing a new, 2.4km walking trail.
It will run from the Botanic Gardens to the Mt Coot-tha summit, allowing access to areas of the forest not previously open to walkers.
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A small amount of vegetation will be removed, but it has been designed to make use of existing informal paths to lessen impacts.
The width will be reduced at pinch points to limit tree trimming and removal.
No large trees will be removed.
Works have started and will finish early next year.
The Brush Box, Grey Gum, Range View and Gold Mine picnic areas will get new/improved barbecues, shelters, turf, signs and drainage.
The Silky Oak picnic area car park will be levelled and lines marked.
All work will be completed by next month. The car park will be closed during the work but parking is available nearby at the Hoop Pine and Simpson Falls picnic areas.
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New signs will be erected by mid-2020 across the mountain, including maps, information and directions.
The Summit overflow car park, an informal gravel area near the start of the Honeyeater Track, will be turned into 20 formal car spaces, including one disability parking bay.
The “Legacy Way’’ car park at Sir Samuel Griffith/Scenic Drive reopens in December.
And the Summit car park will be re-done to include bus, coach and passenger set-down, removing 14 car spaces.
On weekends the Summit car park is frequently clogged with cars, forcing motorists to park beside the road around the Honeyeater Track entrance.
The changes mirror those proposed when the deeply unpopular zipline project was still being spruiked by Council.
Opponents said the project would eat into public, free parking at the summit, replacing it with coach and zipline shuttle bus areas.
But Council said at the time that losses would be offset by reopening the Legacy Way carpark, so named because it was informally used by tunnel workers during construction work.
A shuttle bus service will also start soon.
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