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PSA: Moonee Ponds Creek Trail under water between Footscray Rd and Dynon Rd (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The sump pumps on the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail between Footscray Rd and Dynon Rd are no longer operating. This has resulted in the path becoming completely inundated at the points where it dips below the water level underneath the railway bridges. In fact, the retaining wall is serving to keep water on the path, so the water level at one point is higher on the path than in the creek itself.

If you’re sure-footed, you can walk along the top of the retaining wall on the creek side (west). Just remember to watch your head if you’re taller than about 160 cm. There’s no way you’ll be able to get through with a bicycle.

Unfortunately, it’s a pretty big detour on either side. Dudley St is the closest to the east, and Dock Link Rd is the closest to the west. Remember the Dynon Rd bridge over the railways is still closed, and the new dedicated path for pedestrians and cyclists hasn’t opened yet (so when traveling towards Docklands, if you want to get to Dudley St you need to turn off the Trail at Arden St).

The sump pumps on the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail between Dynon Rd and Mt Alexander Rd are still operating normally.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nothing new for that section. Part of the retaining walls have failed and leak water through when the river is high, pumps never keep up and turn off, and the council will continue not to do anything. The detour along the road next to it has been blocked off by wgtp for a while now, the second detour over the bridge over the railway line is blocked. It’s all a bit of a joke.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Can you tell that I commonly come across this spot flooded and am becoming crankier with age?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always wondered whether those sections of the path ever flooded when the water level was higher!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they do flood in the rain, but normally the sump pumps work well enough that the worst you'll suffer is having to wade ankle-deep. Without the sump pumps, it's impassable.

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