Applications open for $100m active transport fund

State and Local authorities – and other eligible organisations – have until 13 January 2025 to tap into the Australian Government’s $100m Active Transport Fund!

The Fund will inject 50% into successful infrastructure projects up to $5m – with local government authorities potentially eligible for more.

Successful projects need to engage at least one of the Fund’s priorities that include:

  • Safety plans, road safety audits and infrastructure asset reports
  • Existing Net Zero plans or strategies
  • Analysis that shows the project will increase bike rider or pedestrian numbers, increase use of public transport or remove cars from roads
  • Active Transport Strategies
  • Urban Strategies to connect communities and increase liveability.

 

Eligible projects must:

  • Be for the upgrade of an existing or construction of a new bicycle or walking pathway
  • Be on a publicly owned road asset or corridor that is accessible to the public
  • Be a whole and complete project (not reliant on other works)
 

“We’ve heard Australians call for more sustainable and lower cost travel options to get to school, work and local services,” said Federal Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Catherine King.

Find out more about the Fund here.

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Tim Roach

Elected Director | Off Road

Tim has been in senior leadership and strategic development roles for more than twenty years. He is currently Director of Executive Education in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University and is a past Assistant Commissioner and General Manager in the public service. He is an Accountant (FCPA) and sits on the Divisional Council of CPA Australia.

Tim has been involved in racing mountain bikes, BMX and triathlon for many years, both as a father of two children who race and as a past and current bike racer. Tim is the current over-50 State Champion in downhill mountain biking. He is also a very regular and enthusiastic transport cyclist; frequently seen in a suit and tie riding to meetings in the city on a mountain bike.

Denise Sullivan

Chair | Governance & Risk Committee

Denise Sullivan has a career spanning over twenty years in senior management and executive roles in the state public and not-for-profit health sectors.

In her usual role of Director Chronic Disease Prevention with the Western Australian Department of Health, she leads the development of state chronic disease and injury prevention policy and planning frameworks and contributes to the shaping of the national preventive health policy agenda.

Her professional interests cover many aspects of chronic disease and injury prevention encompassing health communications, health promotion and research, public policy on health and workforce planning and development.

She has a particular interest in furthering collaborations with other sectors with a mutual interest in promoting a more active and healthier WA community, and creating and sustaining environments that support this. Denise is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Leadership WA Signature Program, and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian College of Health Service Managers.

Denise is a recreational cyclist and recent convert to mountain biking (although trainer wheels still on!).