The Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail [CMRT] is moving forward, with another step taken in the community’s quest to build a world-class rail trail in Central Victoria.

The Central Goldfields and Mount Alexander Shire Councils have both agreed to contribute $40,000 each as co-funders, together with a $20,000 amount from the CMRT community group, for a grant application to the State Government’s Enabling Tourism Fund (ETF).

To assist CMRT’s fundraising effort, three Bendigo Community Banks have made a much needed community contribution of $20,000. So the ETF application will seek a total of $500,000 to complete a Stage 2 of the rail trail’s development. 

The Maryborough Advertiser, 24 March

According to CMRT Inc. President Sue Simpson, “What that community grant does is, it matches ‘4 to 1’, so if we provide $100,000, this would mean that we get $400,000 from the State Government. You may think this is a lot of money before we start building, it is, yet there is a big list of tasks needing to be completed at a cost estimate of $520,000.”

Successful EFT applications will be announced in July 2024.


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