Cycle Facility Treatments - (continued)

Treatment 5.

This is a special treatment that allows a shared pathway to split and skirt around and then under an on-ramp at the Pacific Highway. It involves excavating downwards so that the cyclists ride a level path that turns under the ramp when enough head clearance height is gained. This was one of the options proposed to BNSW by the consultants and is our preferred option at this intersection.

A key point is to allow adequate width for a cyclist to execute a U-turn coming down the pathway and to travel towards the freeway.

The gradient of the pathway going up to the highway should not be too steep, preferably less than 10% grade.

The tunnel section must have good site lines with no sharp corners to allow for the best speed. The tunnel must also be well lit at night.

At the western end of this facility cyclists are riding on a shared path of Treatment 4 and to the east cyclists have changed over to a contra-flow path of Treatment 3a.