Funds bid for northern beaches path

Funding will be sought from the State Government to assist in the construction of a cycling and walking path from Palm Cove to Trinity Beach.

To be known as the Northern Beaches Leisure Trail, the $5 million project will provide a safe and scenic route for cyclists and pedestrians long the northern beaches foreshore.

Council is seeking grant funding worth $2.5 million under the Cycle Network Local Government Grants Program.

Council has recently been advised that three other projects have been approved for grant funding under the previous round of the program.

The projects are the Freshwater to Redlynch link, Gordon Creek Underpass and the detailed design of the Northern Beaches path between Palm Cove and Kewarra Beach. The successful grants total $825,000.