For more information, you can:
- phone the project team on 07 3178 5413 (during business hours)
- phone Council on 07 3403 8888 (outside business hours)
- email the project team.
Toohey Road wildlife underpass – Salisbury / Nathan
Council is planning to install a wildlife underpass beneath Toohey Road to reduce animal strikes.
We are planning to install a fauna crossing under Toohey Road, southwest of the Toohey Picnic Area from mid-to-late 2025. This will provide safe connectivity between bushland habitats within Toohey Forest for wildlife such as koalas.
The project will include:
- installing a 2.4-metre by 2.4-metre culvert under Toohey Road southwest of the Toohey Picnic Area
- constructing a log pole frame in the culvert as a bridge option for wildlife
- placing mulch and natural material at the base of the culvert, blending with the surrounding habitat and encouraging wildlife to utilise the crossing
- installing fencing with wildlife escape hatches 50 metres either side of the crossing immediately adjacent to the crossing
- minor tree and vegetation removal to facilitate the fencing installation, undertaken in consultation with a qualified arborist where possible.
This project received grant funding from the Australian Government under the Saving Koalas Fund.