[3][4] In 2019, the project received NZ $322,000 from the New Zealand Government's Provincial Growth Fund for investigation of route options.

[8] In 2022, a clip-on structure was added to the State Highway 1 bridge over the Wairau River, to provide a safer crossing for cyclists and walkers on the section between Picton and Blenheim.

This section of trail passes across the historic Awatere road/rail bridge, originally opened in 1902 and decommissioned for road traffic in 2008.

[12] At the other end of the trail, in August 2024, organisers expressed frustration that funding was not available for the New Zealand Transport Agency to complete a 1.7 km (1.1 mi) section from Picton up to The Elevation.

[1] Most of the length of the trail lies close to the path of the main road between the two trailheads, State Highway 1, with a major deviation between the townships of Seddon and Ward.