| After 19 years of pressure from cycling groups, the (Victorian) State Government is poised to override local opposition to a proposed 1.8-kilometre bike path connecting the Darebin Creek bike route with the Yarra River main trail. |
Lobbyists predict that about 4000 cyclists a day would use the $4million path.
Opposition to the bike path has come from:
- Alphington Grammar School (compulsory land acquisition)
- Latrobe golf course (compulsory land acquisition, questions who would be liable in cases of injury)
- Kew Local Residents (cyclists would damage parks, path would cut through a dog-walking area)
- Friends of Willsmere Park and Kew Billabong (bridge over Yarra would hurt wildlife and ruin the billabong)
On the plus side for the bike path:
- Students get a safer route to school
- reduction in damage to native plant life caused by dog poo and random walkers
- fewer native animals scared off by dogs
- cycling in general is encouraged by completing the route
Maybe the golfers will have to take a bit more care when hitting their little balls to avoid hitting cyclists. The cyclists are already on the lookout for people wandering across their path.
1 comments:
On the affirmative side, there's support from these groups: Alphington Primary School Council, Boroondara Bicycle User Group, Boroondara Bushwalkers, Darebin Creek Management Committee, Darebin Bicycle User Group, Darebin Parklands Association, Friends of Darebin Creek, Kew High School, South Alphington & Fairfield Civic Association, Yarra Bicycle User Group.
More on the BBUG site.
Post a Comment