Image courtesy of ACT Government.
Work has kicked off on a key Canberra bike route, setting the wheels in motion for safer and more pleasant journeys through the city’s northern suburbs.
The 5km Garden City cycle route will consist of both off-road paths and on-road separated lanes connecting the inner city bike loop in the Canberra CBD with the suburb of Watson.
Along the way, it will pass through other inner-northern suburbs of Braddon, Ainslie, Dickson, Hackett and Downer, improving active travel connections to schools, shops, sportsgrounds and green spaces.
The bike route will complement another north-south shared path along Sullivans Creek to the west, and is being co-funded by the Australian and ACT governments.
Stage 1A of the works is now underway on Torrens Street, which will deliver a four-metre-wide concrete shared path between Cooyong and Henty Streets, and a three-metre-wide path continuing along Henty Street to Ijong Street in Braddon.
These works include the removal of an existing path and construction of six new raised zebra crossings. Where the new path crosses driveways, sections of the driveways will be treated with coloured pavement and line markings.
This stage of the project is expected to take around seven months, if the weather plays nice, and be ready for use in early 2025.
Stage 1B and 1C of the works are out to tender and the ACT Government will provide updated timelines once the contracts have been awarded.
Preliminary designs have been completed for the full bike route and funds have been allocated for the detailed design and construction of segments one to four. Segments five to seven are subject to future funding.
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