Katherine Town Council - Zimin Drive Shared Pathway Consultancy Design Services

Katherine Town is located at the heart of the 340,000km² Big Rivers Region. The Big Rivers Region consists of many rivers, with our town on the banks of the Katherine River.

We are the fourth largest town in the Northern Territory and a thriving regional centre for service delivery. The local government area of Katherine has a population of around 10,000 with 25.5% of residents identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The council area includes four communities and homelands: Rockhole, Miali Brumby (Kalano), Binjari, and Geyulkgan (Walpiri camp).

We are also a hub for the surrounding region, so our strategic priorities have been developed on the basis that the town and our Council provides services to over 25,000 people.

Katherine is often called the crossroads of the north as we’re found on the junction of the Stuart and Victoria Highways, connecting Australia from north to south and east to west, making us a vital through point for travellers, industry and local communities. 

Katherine Town Council (Council) have committed to construct a shared bicycle and pedestrian sealed pathway along Zimin Drive. The path will require new road crossings to link to the low-level pedestrian river crossing on the south-west side of the road, and to the Riverlink Trail on the north-east side of the road. This will allow the path to form a loop from the Riverlink Trail, across the low-level bridge river crossing, past/through the nature reserve, along Zimin Drive, and then along the path adjacent to Stuart Highway across the Katherine Railway Bridge to connect to the CBD and the Riverlink Trail.

It will provide an alternative loop to the existing river loop track which is more suitable for speedier bicycles.

The path should be 2.4m wide to allow for bicycles and pedestrians to easily pass. It should be clearly marked to ensure the safety of shared path users.

The total length of the proposed track, allowing for some deviations to accommodate land fall and safe gradients, is approximately 5.7km.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

The scope of this consultancy includes the following:

• Preliminary site investigation
• Engineering survey – as required in addition to information in appendix A
• Services location– as required in addition to information in appendix A
• Detailed geometric design
• Geotechnical Design
• Civil Design including
• Pavement design - Sealed
• Drainage design
• Structural Detailing
• Fencing, if required