Transplan is working with Mike Halliburton Associates to design facilities for the proposed rail trail between Kilkivan and Goomeri (and the Council border). The trail is a part of the much longer Kilkivan to Kingaroy Rail Trail which spans the local government areas of the Gympie Regional Council and the South Burnett Regional Council. The Queensland Government has provided a grant of $2,000,000 for the Councils to develop the rail trail.
The rail trail development plan being prepared for the Gympie Regional Council will focus on watercourse crossings (as most of the railway bridges have been dismantled), road crossings and trailheads (at Kilkivan and Goomeri).
Consultations have been occurring with adjoining landowners to ensure that their needs will be taken into account when the rail trail is constructed later this year.