that although traffic and pollution modelling for the M4 East part of WestConnex was conducted on the assumption that public transport would be improved on the adjacent Parramatta Road, Transport for NSW is giving itself up to five years to implement any upgrades.Measures that should have been built into WestConnex to make it easier for western Sydney cyclists to ride toward the CBD will also be suspended for parts of the year, for instance during the Easter Show.
The cycleway was included as part of the M4 East project that was approved by then planning minister Rob Stokes in February 2016. “WestConnex has known about this issue. They should have provided a proper overpass or alternative,” Mr Rice said. “It’s a case of take the easy way out and stuff the bike riders.”
But there is no deadline for when that condition is due to be met. That is despite the fact the separated bus lanes are included in the project’s traffic and transport modelling. Transport for NSW has said it could be five years before a solution is implemented.Policies developed by the former Roads and Traffic Authority state that all new motorway projects should be complemented by safe and separated bike paths.
JakeSaulwick M4 = Motorway. Not bicycle path.
JakeSaulwick Election is fast becoming a distant memory....
JakeSaulwick Best they get off bikes and into cars then. Sydney needs more cars in the road, particularly at busy times.
JakeSaulwick Outfuknrageous