The Tasmanian Government has released designs for five small projects to improve access to the Intercity Cycleway in Glenorchy.
The projects will link existing cycle paths by building new paths, add clear signs and improve lighting to make the five short connections feel safer and easier to ride.
Some of these routes also become important as detours when there are closures of the cycleway.
King George V Avenue (KGV) to Brooker Highway, Glenorchy
For people in the know there is disjointed route from the Intercity Cycleway through to the Brooker Highway at the Derwent Entertainment Centre utilising the Barossa Creek Recreation Trail and unused land. This upgrade will formalise the route by building a new path from the King George V oval to the existing path to Grove Road.
Also included is an improved crossing over Grove Road, painted centre lines on the shared paths, install signs so people can easily find the route, and more lighting on the paths including bollard lights.
This route helps people avoid busy Elwick Road to get between the DEC and the cycleway and Glenorchy town centre.
Brownells Lane is a handy shortcut off the Cycleway through to Main Road Moonah, but you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s private land with no obvious signs or line marking to indicate it’s a public street. The project will improve the access on and off the Cycleway from Brownells Lane by widening the entry, paint formal car parking bays, install signs and lighting to make it clear it’s a public throughway.
Albert Road to New Town Rivulet, Moonah
The New Town Rivulet path runs along the back edge of Hobart High School but the current access from the Cycleway is not clearly marked and the shared path is narrow and uninviting for people riding.
Changes include clearly painted bike symbols on the quiet roads between the Cycleway and Rivulet path to literally show the best route for riding, more lighting and a new wider shared path to link Central Avenue with the Rivulet path.
Derwent Park Road, Main Road to Gormanston Road, Moonah
The footpath on Derwent Park Road between Main Road and Gormanston Road is wide enough to be a shared path but you wouldn’t know that from looking at it. The upgrade will repair the path, paint a centre line and install signs to make it clear it’s a shared path. This is a useful link for people wanting to ride to the bus depot at Springfield and park their bikes.
Gormanston Road to Sunderland Street, Moonah
This alleyway shortcut from Gormanston Road to the Cycleway is unloved and difficult to see unless you know it’s there. The upgrade will re-surface the path, improve the lighting, paint the fences with graffiti-proof paint and install signs so people know it’s there.
Work on the projects is scheduled to start later this year. If you spot any problems with the designs let the project team know before 10 July by emailling intercitycyclewayconnections@stategrowth.tas.gov.au
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