By Jed Lanyon
Coldstream will soon be the site of a BMX pump track as the old Coldstream Station is set for an upgrade.
The station, which is now the site of the new Yarra Valley Trail, will have a pit stop that will feature a pump track and an informal network of trails, allowing for additional car parking spaces, public toilets and footpaths connecting the station to Coldstream businesses.
Yarra Ranges Council unanimously approved to put the master plan out for community consultation at their 22 June meeting.
Mayor Fiona McAllister said she was “very happy” to move the item through council after successfully receiving a $539,680 grant through the State Government’s growing suburbs fund.
“When I was elected to council many years ago now, the focus on Coldstream was something that was really important to me and the revitalisation of Coldstream and working with the incredible community that live there has seen a lot of things achieved,” she said.
“It won’t just be for those using the trail, and there will be many tens of thousands of those, but for the hundreds of children who live in Coldstream and their families.”
Deputy Mayor and Chandler Ward Councillor David Eastham also voiced his approval at seeing the project go ahead.
“I think this is absolutely great to see for the Coldstream community as something that they will be able to hang their hat on and something that we know the community will activate, use and come together to have that social cohesion,” said Cr Eastham.
The draft master plan also includes shelter, secondary trails, station platform, lawn and tree areas to further activate the site.
