Canada Bay Bike Plan Final Report
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CANADA BAY BIKE PLAN FINAL REPORT FEBRUARY 2005 Jamieson Foley Traffic & Transport Pty Ltd ABN 76 092 984 953 Suite 405 5 Hunter Street Sydney NSW 2000 p +61 2 9233 1277 f +61 2 9235 2490 [email protected] www.jamiesonfoley.com.au Sustainable Transport Consultants Pty Ltd ABN 19 101 162 716 PO Box 1601 Bondi Junction NSW 1355 p +61 2 9386 4484 f +61 2 9389 5736 [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction ............................................................................... 5 2 Previous and Related Studies ................................................. 6 3 Consultation .............................................................................. 7 4 The Bike Plan ............................................................................ 9 Figure 4.1 - Canada Bay Bike Route Map...................................................................10 4.1 Regional Routes.................................................................................11 4.1.1 RR1 - Victoria Road........................................................................................11 Figure 4.1 - Widen Pathway South of Cambridge Road .............................................11 4.1.2 RR2 - Eastwood Strathfield Rail Trail .............................................................12 Figure 4.2 - Use Spare Span adjacent to Railway ......................................................13 4.1.3 RR3 - Part Alternative to RR2 (short term).....................................................13 4.1.4 RR4 - Homebush Bay to City..........................................................................13 Figure 4.3 - Widen Bridge over Iron Cove Creek ........................................................14 4.1.5 RR5 - Safe alternative to RR4 ........................................................................14 Figure 4.4 - Opportunities at the Concord Rd / Patterson St Intersection...................15 Figure 4.5 - Provide Link around Barnwell Park Golf Course......................................15 4.2 Strategic Routes.................................................................................17 4.2.1 SR1 - Ryde Bridge to the City via Lyons Road West and Five Dock .............17 4.2.2 SR2 - North South Rail Trail ...........................................................................17 Figure 4.6 - Complete Cloverleaf.................................................................................18 4.2.3 SR3 - Bay Run Cycle Way..............................................................................18 4.2.4 SR4 - Parks Route..........................................................................................19 Figure 4.7 - Provide Bike Paths in Cintra Park............................................................19 Figure 4.8 - Mark On-Road Bike Lanes in Stanley Street ...........................................20 4.2.5 SR5 - Sydney Harbour Foreshore shared Walkway / Cycleway ....................21 Figure 4.9 - Widen Pathways in Henry Lawson Park ..................................................21 4.2.6 SR6 - Iron Cove Creek....................................................................................24 Figure 4.10 - Parramatta Road Culvert - convert to allow all-weather cycling ............24 4.3 Links to Adjacent Jurisdictions ........................................................25 4.3.1 LAJ1 - Rhodes to Homebush Bay ..................................................................25 4.3.2 LAJ2 - Sydney Olympic Park ..........................................................................26 4.3.3 LAJ3 - Cooks River Trail.................................................................................26 4.3.4 LAJ4 - Strathfield Station ................................................................................26 4.3.5 LAJ5 - Burwood Park......................................................................................27 4.3.6 LAJ6 - Burwood Station ..................................................................................27 4.3.7 LAJ7 - Croydon West......................................................................................28 Figure 4.11 - Walker Street - provide bike bypass through road closure ....................28 4.3.8 LAJ8 - Croydon East.......................................................................................29 4.3.9 LAJ9 - Ashfield................................................................................................29 4.3.10 LAJ10 - Haberfield ..........................................................................................29 4.3.11 LAJ11 - Dobroyd Point....................................................................................30 Canada Bay Bike Plan 4774 Final Report - rev01 3 4.4 Local Routes.......................................................................................31 4.4.1 LR1 - Homebush Bay to Brays Bay ................................................................31 4.4.2 LR2 - Liberty Grove to Bakehouse Precinct ...................................................31 4.4.3 LR3 - Homebush Bay to Mortlake Ferry .........................................................32 Figure 4.12 - Station Street Tunnel - improve safety and access for bikes.................33 4.4.4 LR4 - Majors Bay to Strathfield.......................................................................33 4.4.5 LR5 - Part Alternative to SR1 .........................................................................34 4.4.6 LR6 - North Strathfield to Cabarita .................................................................34 4.4.7 LR7 - Abbotsford to Five Dock........................................................................35 4.4.8 LR8 - Five Dock to Drummoyne .....................................................................35 4.4.9 LR9 - Chiswick to Haberfield ..........................................................................35 4.4.10 LR10 - Hen and Chicken Bay to Rodd Park ...................................................36 4.4.11 LR11 - Hen and Chicken Bay to Iron Cove Bay .............................................36 4.4.12 LR12 - Five Dock Bay to Birkenhead point.....................................................36 4.5 Bike Parking .......................................................................................38 4.5.1 PC - Bike Lockers ...........................................................................................38 4.5.2 PL - On-Street Bike Parking ...........................................................................38 5 Cost Estimates ........................................................................ 39 Table 5.1 - Cost Summary - Road Authorities.............................................................39 Table 5.2 - Cost Summary - Priorities .........................................................................39 6 Implementation Priorities....................................................... 41 Table 6.1 - Priority 1 Routes........................................................................................43 Table 6.2 - Priority 2 Routes........................................................................................44 Table 6.3 - Priority 3 Routes........................................................................................45 7 Where to From Here................................................................ 46 Appendix A Submissions From BayBUG Appendix B Comments on the Draft Report Appendix C Submission to RTA re Gladesville Bridge Approaches Appendix D Cost Estimates Canada Bay Bike Plan 4774 Final Report - rev01 4 1 INTRODUCTION At the November 2003 Bicycle Consultative Meeting of Canada Bay Council, Council invited the local bicycle user group, BayBUG, to review and consolidate of the existing Bike Plans of the former Drummoyne and Concord Councils. The brief comprised: “That the Bicycle Consultative Committee in conjunction with BayBUG develop a City of Canada Bay Bicycle Plan with at least the following objectives: E Provision of commuter bicycle routes through the City with such routes linking neighbouring bicycle routes and regional routes. E Provision of recreational bicycle routes throughout the City. E Provision of local neighbourhood and local school bicycle routes. E Provision of bicycle facilities at transport nodes, shopping centres, parks and schools. In February 2004, Council engaged Jamieson Foley Traffic & Transport Pty Ltd in conjunction with Sustainable Transport Consultants Pty Ltd to provide the bike groups with technical advice and to document the findings. This document presents those findings. Canada Bay Bike Plan 4774 Final Report - rev01 5 2 PREVIOUS AND RELATED STUDIES The Canada Bay Bike Plan was developed based on a number of previous bike plans and related studies, including: E Drummoyne Bike Plan - review and update , 1995 - Final Report, by Arup Transportation Planning and Geoplan Urban and Traffic Planning (Nov 1995) E Concord Bike Plan - Final Report, by Connell Wagner (Feb 1999) E Bay Run Cycle Way - Final Report, by Jamieson Foley & Associates and Sustainable Transport Planning (Nov 1999) E Drummoyne Traffic and Transport Strategy, by Jamieson Foley Traffic & Transport, The People for Places and Spaces, et al (ca 2000) In addition to these reports directly concerning the Canada Bay Council jurisdiction, the cost analysis relied on a number of other data sources, including: E Leichhardt Council Annual Cost Schedule for 2003/2004 E Quotes for Leichhardt Council by HVS Services on three