UPDATE The main progress is all about Grants. We are well on tyhe way to obtain a grant for $5500 From the Queens 60th Jubillee Tree Planting Project/Fund to cover our budgeted costs to plant 1000 trees along the trail between Moorooduc Station and Wooralla Drive. Hopefully that will bear fruit shortly. The other exciting news is the announcement made by Dan Tehan that if re-elected the Federal government is planning to add $5million to complete the link from Moorooduc to Mornington to the growing list of government grants (now $22 million) to complete the trail. It appears our lobying is having an effect. The Bay Trail is the Centenary Project of our cluster of Rotary Clubs. One of the key sections is the missing link in the region our Club covers - Moorooduc Station to Mornington. The great news is that the local federal member Greg Hunt, is supporting a grant of $2 million of federal funding for the Mornington Mt Eliza link. However, for 3 clubs, Mt Eliza, Mt Martha and Mornington the critical piece is Moorooduc to Mornington and connecting the Harap Creek Trail to the Briars, so more funding will be required. Keep lobbying the politicians. |
