Rural City of Murray Bridge Walking and Cycling Masterplan and Concept Design Final Report with Cost Estimates Author: GTA Consultants Date: 28th May 2018 Endorsed by Council on 13 August 2018 1 Endorsed by Council on 13 August 2018 Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ i Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations ........................................................................ iv 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Background ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Scope of work and project objectives ......................................................... 1 1.3. Report structure ................................................................................................ 2 2. Planning Context ................................................................................................... 3 2.1. Previous relevant planning ............................................................................. 3 2.2. Strategic planning ........................................................................................... 3 2.3. Concept planning ........................................................................................... 6 3. Existing Walking and Cycling Network ............................................................. 13 3.1. Walking ............................................................................................................ 13 3.1.1. Footpath network ....................................................................................... 13 3.1.2. Trail network ................................................................................................. 20 3.1.3. Heritage walks............................................................................................. 22 3.2. Cycling ............................................................................................................ 23 3.3. Road safety .................................................................................................... 26 3.4. Issues identified from the key stakeholders ................................................ 27 3.5. Network gap and needs assessment ......................................................... 27 4. Proposed Walking and Cycling Network Plan ................................................ 29 4.1. Network principles ......................................................................................... 29 4.1.1. Route characteristics ................................................................................. 29 4.1.2. Network planning ....................................................................................... 30 4.2. New walk connections ................................................................................. 31 4.2.1. Local footpaths ........................................................................................... 31 4.2.2. Walking trail networks ................................................................................ 32 4.3. New cycling connections ............................................................................ 33 4.3.1. Murray Bridge bicycle network ................................................................ 33 4.3.2. Cycling Trails ................................................................................................ 39 Endorsed by Council on 13 August 2018 4.3.3. End-of-trip cycling facilities ....................................................................... 40 4.4. Safe crossings ................................................................................................. 41 4.5. Future opportunities ....................................................................................... 42 5. Concept Designs and Cost Estimates .............................................................. 45 5.1. Concept designs ........................................................................................... 45 5.2. Cost estimates ................................................................................................ 46 5.3. Supporting promotional programs.............................................................. 49 6. Action and Implementation Plan ...................................................................... 50 6.1. Staged implementation ............................................................................... 50 6.2. Maintenance plan......................................................................................... 51 6.2.1. Footpaths ..................................................................................................... 51 6.2.2. On-road Bicycle Markings (Sharrow and Line markings) ..................... 52 6.2.3. Shared Path Maintenance ....................................................................... 52 7. References ............................................................................................................ 54 Relevant South Australian Planning ...................................................................... 54 Relevant Studies for the Rural City of Murray Bridge ......................................... 54 Other Research Documents .................................................................................. 55 Appendix A Landscape Concept Plans for the Walking and Cycling Infrastructure ................................................................................................................ 56 Appendix B Concept Design Drawings for the Walking and Cycling Infrastructure ................................................................................................................ 57 Appendix C Cost Estimates for the Walking and Cycling Infrastructure ........... 58 List of Tables Table E-1 Staged Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Implementation Plan ...ii Table 3-1 Types of Footpaths in Murray Bridge .................................................. 15 Table 3-2 Types of Cycling Treatments in Murray Bridge .................................. 23 Table 4-1 Pedestrian and Bicycle Network Characteristics ............................. 29 Table 4-2 Bicycle Network Features ..................................................................... 30 Table 4-3 Bicycle Network Hierarchy ................................................................... 33 Table 5-1 Total Cost Estimates for the Walking and Cycling Infrastructure ... 48 Endorsed by Council on 13 August 2018 Table 6-1 Staged Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Implementation Plan 50 List of Figures Figure E-1 Proposed Murray Bridge Bicycle Network Plan ................................... i Figure E-2 Proposed Murray Bridge Bicycle Infrastructure Treatments ...............ii Figure 1-1 Murray Bridge Walking and Cycling Masterplan Study Area ........... 1 Figure 2-1 Sturt Reserve Precincts in the Riverfront Strategy ............................... 5 Figure 2-2 Sturt Reserve Heritage Tourism Precinct ............................................... 6 Figure 2-3 Sturt Reserve Recreation Precinct ........................................................ 7 Figure 2-4 Sturt Reserve Play Precinct ..................................................................... 8 Figure 2-5 Sturt Reserve Accommodation and Events Precinct ........................ 9 Figure 2-6 Proposed Murray Bridge Bicycle Plan Draft for Consultation in 2012 .................................................................................................................. 10 Figure 2-7: Adelaide Road Linear Open Space Concept Plan ........................ 12 Figure 3-1 Existing Footpaths and Bicycle Routes in Murray Bridge ................. 13 Figure 3-2 Existing Footpaths and Bicycle Routes in Murray Bridge City Centre .................................................................................................................. 14 Figure 3-3 Types of Footpath Treatments in Murray Bridge ............................... 15 Figure 3-4 Existing Footpath Infrastructure in Murray Bridge ............................. 16 Figure 3-5 Swanport Road Pedestrian-Actuated Crossing................................ 18 Figure 3-6 Bridge Street Median Crossing ............................................................ 19 Figure 3-7 South Terrace Zebra Crossing .............................................................. 19 Figure 3-8 Murray Bridge Trail Network ................................................................. 20 Figure 3-9 Murray Coorong Trail Route in Murray Bridge ................................... 21 Figure 3-10 Murray Bridge Discovery Trail ............................................................... 22 Figure 3-11 Existing Types of Bicycle Infrastructure in Murray Bridge ................. 24 Figure 3-12 Types of Existing Bicycle Infrastructure in Murray Bridge ................. 25 Figure 3-13 Reported Pedestrian and Cyclist Crashes 2012-2016 ...................... 26 Figure 4-1 Trail Network Vision through Murray Bridge ....................................... 32 Figure 4-2 Proposed Bicycle Route Network ....................................................... 34 Figure 4-3 Examples of Sharrow Road Markings ................................................. 36 Figure 4-4 Proposed Bicycle Network Infrastructure........................................... 37 Figure 4-5 Types of Proposed Bicycle Infrastructure for