Witternberg Reserve is a winner!

Published on 22 January 2024

Council has just started work on a new 160m shared user path (SUP) linking the reserve with the trail. The new link will include a raised boardwalk over the ephemeral wetlands. We’re carrying out the project in the warmer months as we need to work while the wetlands are at their driest.

The path is one of the priority projects in Council’s Witternberg Reserve and Robinsons Park Master Plan. As well as the recently completed BBQ area and play space, Council is also completing a detailed design for a car park in the reserve to assist in seeking future funding.

The new shared path connection also aligns with Council’s Integrated Transport Strategy, Connecting Communities, which supports delivering active transport connections to our public open spaces.

It’s one of several shared user paths under way or in the pipeline in Frankston City. Others include:

Dandenong Road East SUP (to be complete by February 2024) — connecting existing paths at Cricklewood Avenue and Fletcher Road, providing a safe continuous link to Frankston Station. This is also an important link in a much longer cycling network connecting Melbourne to the Mornington Peninsula via Frankston.

Kananook Creek Gardens path and board walk (completed in August 2023) — providing a continuous concrete pathway along the creek from Seaford Road to Station Street and enhancing access to the Seaford train station for commuters.

Once complete in May 2024, the new path will provide an important connection to the Peninsula Link Trail, which extends from Patterson Lakes and connects the EastLink and Baxter Trails and ends at Moorooduc. The route takes in wetlands, parklands, and natural bushlands.

The $360,000 project is fully funded by Council.