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“Let’s hope this encourages more people in the community to get out and walk, and enjoy this wonderful trail. It’s wonderful to see Aqualink up and ‘walking’.”<\/p>\n
Cr Tatchell said the path has been a “long-term strategic vision.”<\/p>\n
“The freeway divided Bacchus Marsh in half, so this is going to make a big difference by bringing the town back together… The original Bacchus Marsh,” he said.<\/p>\n
“It’s all about connecting one side to the other, it’s all about health, it’s all about people joining together in the community.<\/p>\n
“This is exactly the type of project we do need. I can’t be any more grateful to Southern Rural Water, the engineering department, and everyone that’s worked on this. It takes a village.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Southern Rural Water managing director Cameron FitzGerald said the water authority prides itself on improving infrastructure for its customers.<\/p>\n “We have pipe systems that are now much more efficient and increase our delivery of service from about 50 to 60 per cent of water taken out of the river, reaching the end customer, to now getting close to 90 per cent through these pipe systems,” he said.<\/p>\n “That’s opened up an opportunity for partnership here with council, the State Government, and the community to do something great.<\/p>\n “While we are the managers of the water cycle, we’ve been able to add another part to that.<\/p>\n “I’m so proud to have played a role in this. We pride ourselves on the broader community value we try to create and I’d like to thank everybody for their support for this project. “What a wonderful day.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/07\/IMG_1245_93294-300x200.jpg\")