Today, the Frankston Rail Trail runs from Glen Huntly to Bentleigh. It is mostly a paved path along the railway, shared between people walking and riding bikes.

We are delivering a range of improvements to the existing trail and calming traffic south of Bentleigh, creating a safer environment for everyone especially people walking and riding bikes.

This project is part of our Improving Paths, Connecting Communities program, jointly funded with the Australian Government through its Active Transport Fund.*

Once completed (over three stages, before 25 June 2029), the route will be:

• safer for everyone whether driving, walking or riding bikes
• easier for people to follow the route and get to local places
• nicer for people walking and riding along the route.

Over the 2025–2026 financial year, we will complete the design for improving quality of the existing trail, deliver connections to local routes including new signs and ramps, and on-road extension to Patterson Road with speed cushions, signs and bike stencils on the roads.

Residents living near the locations where road constructions will take place will be notified ahead of the works.

* Our Improving Paths, Connecting Communities program supports delivering Council’s 2040 Community Vision, the Council Plan and the Integrated Transport Strategy 2018-2031 (2024 refresh). The program’s constituent projects are partly funded by Council as identified in Council Budget.

The Australian Government’s Active Transport Fund is providing $2.3 million to Glen Eira City Council to help improve shared use paths and footpaths, under our Improving Paths, Connecting Communities program. The program will make it safer, easier and nicer for people when they walk and ride bikes, including along the Frankston Rail Trail, between Queens Avenue and the Djerring Trail, and in centres such as Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Bentleigh and Moorabbin. Council is contributing at least $2.5 million to the program. The infrastructure improvements will be completed by 25 June 2029.