Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway maintenance update

Roads and Maritime are seeking feedback on the 20 metre trial of new bike path surface recently completed contactus@bicycleinfo.nsw.gov.au

RMS also advises that work will commence Monday 21 November on further resurfacing and resealing larger 270 metre section. Further detail

Congratulations to Ku-ring-gai headline

Congratulations to our wonderful Ku-ring-gai Team and also to Ku-ring-gai Council as Council unanimously last week, approved the membership of a new Council Bicycle Reference Committee. Special thanks go to our persistent Peter Tuft and Councillor Stevan Holland without whom this would not have not been possible.

Congratulations to Ku-ring-gai

Congratulations to our wonderful Ku-ring-gai Team and also to Ku-ring-gai Council as Council unanimously last week, approved the membership of a new Council Bicycle Reference Committee. Special thanks go to our persistent Peter Tuft and Councillor Stevan Holland without whom this would not have not been possible.

Peter and Tony Arnold are our Bike North representatives, Liz Hole is representing Bicycle BNSW, Councillor Steven Holland is Chair and Councillor Elaine Malicki, Deputy Chair. There is a walking representative and a couple of other community membership. It was also recommended that another three community membership positions be provided due to the large number of applications.

More money needed in North Sydney for cycling

North Sydney Council's Draft Operational Plan is on exhibition. This allocates $15,000 from council's funds for cycling and assumes they will receive $20,000 from the RTA or other sources. Council has agreed to allocate another $15,000 if they are successful in a rate variation. This is totally inadequate. North Sydney Council is not pulling its weight in its contribution to funding cycling in this vital area of Sydney.

Please send your comments to General Manager, North Sydney Council or write to P.O. Box 12, North Sydney NSW 2059 by 5pm Thursday 12 May 2011.

Also see article in Mosman Daily 27 April Bike funding 'window dressing'.

Tell North Sydney Council more money for cycling

Would you like to see an improvement in the cycling conditions throughout North Sydney? If so, you only have a short window of opportunity to make your voice heard! North Sydney Council's Councillors will be meeting on Monday to determine their draft Operational Plan and Budget for 2011-2012. It will then go on public exhibition but will already be pretty much a 'done deal'. It appears that Council is only willing to allocate $18,000 to bicycle infrastructure for the coming year. For 2010-2011 the budget was $35,000 ($50,000 in 2009-2010).

If you would like to express your concerns politely by email, please contact the Mayor, General Manager and Councillors before Monday evening on the following email addresses. Most particularly you should contact the Mayor, Ms Genia McCaffery, as without her support, the allocation probably will not be changed.

• Ms Genia McCaffery, Mayor
• Ms Penny Holloway, General Manager
• Mr Michel Reymond, Deputy Mayor
• Ms Zoe Baker, Councillor
• Mr Stephen Barbour Councillor
• Ms Sarah Burke Councillor
• Mr Craig Carland, Councillor
• Ms Jilly Gibson, Councillor
• Mr Richard Pearson, Councillor
• Mr Trent Zimmerman, Councillor

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• Ms Caroline Raymond, Councillor
• Ms Jillian Christie, Councillo
• Mr Andrew Robjohns, Councillor
• Ms Veronique Marchandeau, Councillor

RTA must build top quality Naremburn to Bridge cycleway!

Bike North calls on the State Government to fund and the RTA to build a high quality Naremburn to Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway in stages over the next ten years.

The RTA is doing design and development works for Merremburn Ave to Ridge St this year. Bike North says their design for the shared use path is inadequate as they propose a maximum 3 metre width. Usage of the existing path alongside the Gore Hill Freeway shows clearly that the 4 metre standard width is essential for shared use, otherwise a separated facility is require.

We call on the RTA to stop work now on their inferior design and immediately commence work on the continuation of the existing path from Merremburn Ave at 4 metre width standard along the freeway and then over the Brook St on-off ramp. A quality connection to West St would enable cyclists to use this first stage and safety connect with that existing local road route to North Sydney until stage 2 is completed.

Boundary Rd, Roseville Rail Bridge Upgrade 2010

No Plans for Cyclist/Pedestrian Bridge!

RailCorp is rebuilding the rail bridge over Boundary Rd with no prior consultation. A lost opportunity for a shared cyclist/pedestrian bridge over Boundary Rd .

unless you take action now

Parriwi Rd / Spit Rd Mosman Intersection Planned Upgrade

The RTA proposes to construct a new signalised car entrance/exit to the west-side car park at the Spit near the intersection wiht Parriwi Rd, build a pedestrian bridge and remove the existing pedestrian crossing. There is no mention of bicycles and how they are supposed to use this new design. For Details

Raise your comments with the RTA Project Manager

RTA Funds more SUP along Warringah Freeway .. OR ARE THEY???

UPDATE .. The RTA appears to be backtracking on this commitment. Is it only design! Watch this space for more detail.

This financial year, 2010-211, RTA has budgeted to construct three sections of shared used path along the Warringah Freeway between Miller St, Cammeray and Ridge St, North Sydney More detail and take action

M2 Widening - 6 June 2010 Update

The M2 widening project is to begin later this year, taking cyclists off the M2 for a period of two years. Design of the cycle detour route is almost complete, but we fear it will be very poor.

Cyclist detour route safety audit - done by car! Read more about this, the M2 Environmental Assessment, and how your letters have saved (fingers crossed) cyclist and pedestrian access under the M2 to the Brown's Waterhole path.